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J. . ' r VOLUME XLII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1852. NUMBER 39. PUBLIHtlKD KVKHY TUKHOAY MORNING II V KC!OTT & HAM (Ml. OFKICK JOURNAL BUILDINGS, 1JIGH AND FKABL BTRRKTS. COUNTING ROOM ON PEARL BTREET. TKItiUft Invnrlnbly to oilvnoce. Wmikiy pur annum In Columbui tii 00 Out ut tbocity ; by moil, ingle... 150 'luchibiot tour wid upwards 1 2ii Tui nibsof ten suit upwards, to one address 1 00 Daily, rti;flBioo 8 00 Tri-Weeklj, do 1 00 Weekly do., tingle 50 The Journal U also published Dally and Tri-Weekly during the yoar ; Daily per annum, by mall, 5 ; Tri-Weekly, Ilntpfl of AilTertfsIng Weekly Paper t nesqunru, lUllnea or leas, one insertion CO 50 " " " eacnaitditiutial " " " " 1 mmitli , 1 90 , y SS . ;i 5o . S 00 , fl 00 .no o .an oo , H 00 :i5 oo B0 00 3 13 " ' lianjablemontliIy, per annum " " weekly " Standing card, one square or less, ' ooluinn,liaDgeablequftr1rly," 1 (i it tt too 00 Other cases not provided for.chargeablo In conformity with til above rates. All loaded ndvfirttsflmnnts tibeohnr(rnd not ieii than double the above rates.Mtid measured hi )f aolid, Advnrtfiementi i)nthninldcexcluelvpy,tobeohargedattho arte of f0 percent. In advance on the above rate. Jorcign Department, A DAK-FUB PRINCESS ONE WAT TO EXTEND COMMERCE. Wo clip the following interesting and graphic sketch from one of iho loiters of BAYsnn 'I'avi.or lo tlia New York Tribune: The grout kingdom of Dar-Fur oilers a rich fluid for Borne mture explorer, it has never been entered by q Europeun, and the extensive regions it encloses are supposed to iii r ii 1b h the key to the system of rivers und ni'iuntaiii-chuiim of Central Africa. Through ihe fear and jealuuBy of its rulers, nostrunger has liiiherto been allowed to puns ha borders. Of late, however, the relations between tho Egyptian rultTB iii Soudan and the U ii I tun of Dar-Fur have been quite amicable, and if nothing occurs to disturb this harmony there is some hope l hut the bun will be removed. Lai t if I'asha in formed mo that he had written lo the Sultan in behalf ot Capt. I'eel, who wished to pass through Dar-Fur and reach IJornou. He hud as yet received no answer, but an unofficial iiitimnlion tliat the Sultuii would ro ply, giving Capt. I'eel permission to travpl in it, but not to pass beyond it. If this should prova true, the Captain Iiub lost, by his busty return, a chance to distinguish himself and contribute lo the world's knowledge. There is an almost continual war between the Hultana of Uornou and Dar-Fur, utid the Pacha is of the opinion that it is impossible to traverse Africa from east to west, in the line oi these stutes. A circumstance occurred lately, which may help to open Dnr Fur to Europeans. The Sitteh (Lady) Gow-iikin, the aunt of Sultan Adah, the present monarch of that kingdom, is a zealous Moslem, and lately deter-' mined to make a pilgrimage lo the gravoof the l'roiihet. Who arrived here in August, accompanied by a lure .retinue of ollicers, attendants and slaves, and alter remaining a few diiys descended the Nile to El Mckhey-ref, crossed the Desert to Sowukin, on the Red Hen, and suited ilieiico for Djiddu, tlio port of Mecca. During her stay Lattif 1'imlm was exceedingly courteous to her, introducing her lo bis wives, bestowing upon her handsome presents, and furnirOiing her with boats and camuls for her journey. Dr. Iteiiz availed himself of the occasion lo make tlio people of Dar-Fur better acquainted with Europeans. All llie Frank residents assembled at bis h'lUHo, in Christian costume, and pro ceedeil lo the residence ol the Lady Sowakiu. They found her in state, with two Murk slaves on their bauds and knees, motionless before her. Un ouch side stood her ollicers and interpreters. Hhe was veiled, us well aa her female attendants, and oil exhibited the greatest surprise and curiosity nt the appearance of the Franks. Tho gifts they laid belore her silks, fine soaps, cosmetics, bon-bons, i-o. she examined with childish delight, and when iho Consul informed her that the only object of tho Europeans in wishing to en-tor Dar-Fur whs to exchange such objects as these for gum rind elephant's teeth, she promised to persuade Wuhan Adah to open his kingdem to them. The next dny her principal officers visited the Consul's house atid spent a long lime examining its various wonders. The pictures, books and furniture lilled the in with astonishment, and they went from one object to another, like children, uttering exrlamaiions of surprise nml delight. What moat startled them wan a box of Inciter mutches, which passed beyond their comprehension. They regarded the match with superstitious awe, and seemed to consider tint the lire was produced by some kind of magic. Their relation of what they saw o excited the curiosity of the Ltidy Sow alt in tlmt she camu the following day, Willi her women. She was no less astonished limn her attend-ants had been, hut was most ottracled by the Consul's Lrire mirror. 8 tie and her women spent half an hour bofuro it making gestures, and unable to comprehend how they were mimicked by the reflected figures. As she was unacquainted with its properties, aim threw back her veil to see whether the image would show her lace. The Consul was standing behind her, and thus caught sight ol her features ; she was black, with a strongly inailced but not unpleasant countenance, and about hrty-tivo ynars of age. He hud a breakfast prepared for the holies, but on renching the room the utteudiinis all retired, and he was inlormeif that the women of rank in Dar-Fur never eat in Ihe preence of men. After they hud finished (he repiisl, he observed that they hud nut only purttken heartily of the various European dishes, but had taken with them what they could not eat, so that the table exhibited nothing hut empty dishes. When they left, the Lmly reiterated her promise, and added that if the Consul would visit Dar-Far, the Sultan would certainly present him with many camel-loads of elephants' teeth, in consideration of his courtesy to her. She is expected here shortly, on her return, and if she perform her promise, Dr. Rrii. will be the first to enter (he Kingdom. ENGLISH LUXURY. Few persons are aware of the wealth and splendor that surround many of ihe English nobles in their princely residences. The following are specimens : THE EAHL 0- SPKNCKR. " The Earl of Spencer's homestead, about sixty miles from London, comprises ten thousand acres, tastefully divided into parks, meadows, pastures, woods and gar-dons. His library, cnlled tho finest private library in th world, contains lit ty thousand volumes. Extensive and elegant Biables, green houses and conservalo-rips, game keeper's houses, dairy house, dog kennels, porter's lodge, and farm houses without number, go to complete tho establishment. Hundieds of sheep and cattle graze in the parks about ihe house." THK DUKK or RICHMOND. "The Dukn of Richmond's home-farm at Greenwood, sixty miloi from London, consists of twenty-three thousand acres, or over thirty-five square miles. And lliia is in crowded Kugland, which has a population of sixteen millions, and an area ol lilty thousand square miles, or just thirty-two millions of acres ; giving, were the laud divided, but two acres to each inhabitant. The residence of the Duke is a perfect palace. One extensive hall is covered with yelluw silk, and pictures in the richest and most costly tapestry. Tlio dishes nnd plutes upon the table are all of porcelain, silver ami gold. Twenty-live race hornci stand in the stable, eacli being assigned to the care of a special groom. A grotto near the limue, the ludies spent six years in adorning. An aviary is supplied with al most every variety of elegant birds. Lurce herds of cattle, sheep, and deer, are spread over the immense lawns." THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE " Tho Duke of Devonshire's place, at Chutsworih, is said to excel in magnificence any other in the kingdom. The income of the Duke is oue million of dollars a year, and ha is said to spend it all. In the grounds about tho house are kept 4ti0 head of cattle and 1,400 doer. Tho kitchen garden contains 12 acres and is lilled with almost every apecies of fruit and vegetables. A vast aboretum, connected with the establishment, is designed to contain a sample of everv tree that trmws. There is also a glass conservatory, three hundred and eighty-soven feet in length, nue hundred and twelve in breiulih. sixly-Boen in height, covered bv seventv-iix thousand feet of glass, and wanned by seven miles of pipe conveying hot water. One plant whs obtained from India by a special messenger, and is valued at tea thousand dollar. One of the fountain near the homo plays two hundred and seventy-six feet bit-di said lo be the highest jet in tho world. Clmlawnrth contains thirty-live hundred acres; hut the Duke owns ninety-six, thousand acres in Derbyshire. The entire mansion is into vast Bceue of painting, sculptuM, and mosaic work, carved wainscoting, and all the elegancies and luxuries within tho reach of aliuoal boundless weulth and highly refined tuste." More Hiiitish Gold. Tho following from the AVw York Tribune, is additional evidence that the surplus gold of liritiiiii is finding an investment in the railroad stocks and county bouda of tig's country. Of course gold wont go abroad while this movement progrei but it is very evident that we are piling up an mouse debt, to be paid or repudiated at some future day : "The Bieamer brought large orders for Amoricnn Securitiea, principally the best descriptions of Railroad Honda. We heard of on rr bases of about sTdn nun .d' these bonds to day, of which Mussrs. Winslow, l.nnier & Co., sold trt).Qiil), indudiug parcels of f UMI.OllO, nd $1511,000 respectively. Therewerealsnsomesnles l State Stocks to go abroad. The private letters by SL r "e,im',r "lm'tK ,,f B" Rc'ive market for Americnn i nn market nan neen cleared of V rg n a (is, -"v, nuitu an auvBuce. M.nk.. ,,. i pn.i. I..., i... "! ' wun the hour. What is strange, he appeared tW.?r.k xtuu'"d at the end of tho sixth than the ZIP COON AMONG THE ARABS. The National Intelligencer baa a comical correspond out who bus traveled over the East with one eye for the curious, and olio for the fun of the thing. We gave an extract from his description of the Harem, in ano her column. The following adventure is rut her rich and readable: While we were looking at tho ruins, Yusef came came back I rout ihe village, winch ts a little way otl on the slope of the hill, with news that he hud found u lodging pluce for us at the Jiouho of his niece, lty this nine we begun to have a smpiciou ol 1 usei s nieces, he had so many all over Syria. At liatroun he had nieces, at Tripoli and Ahedeu be had nieces, and uow hero was another at Bun I beck, and the strangest part oi it was mat iney were all very pretty. However, as wo had no prejudice against beauty, wo followed our draco man no into the viiiuio, where we found bin niece and her husband living in u stone hut, rather a more decent sort of hovel than the most ol those in the neighborhood. It was, in truth, a very respectable little stone box, covered over with mud, with a pluce for lire in one corner, and a groat many little pockets in the wulls all round, where there were stowed on. ions, tobacco, and sundry small notions for pleasure and siistennnce. The host was an Arub of the country, a very good sort of fellow, who seemed lo have but two objects in life to accomplish one to see that his wife kept her face covered, uud Iho other to keep the roof of his house from leaking ; 1 hardly know which trouoieu mm trie most, me wue was a pretty buxom young woman, with line black eyes and a beautiful mouth, which she look every opportunity todispluy, in spite of the vigilance of our host, who was constantly on the watch, when be was not on the top of IhohoiiBU. Hn kept a round stone a piece of an old pillar found among the ruins which 1m was almoHt continually nilling over the top of tho house : sometimes he would roll it for an hour, and thou come down and look after his wile and smoke his chibouk ; but the presontiment was evidently uppermost in his mind that it would rain some time or other, and to work he would go again, hopping nil over the room with one foot while lie kept the slnue in motior, with the other. The poor fellow was actually a victim to conjugal felicity. Ju traveling through Syria, as in oilier parts of the world, I always carried my flute with me to relieve tho lonely hours at uight and excite a social feeli ig among i ne natives, i niiu nuiud inV wuv. alter the hh limn ni Goldsmith, through many u ditlietilty ; and now I was resolved to see what the mugic of music would do in removing the prejudices of the Arabs. As soon as it was dark we bad u good fire lit in the corner, and, pulling oil' our shoes, as custom required, wo sprend our mats close by, and sril duwn cosily to enjoy the cheerful blaze, my IrieudH (the Southerner utui the English Captain) smoking their chibouks, while I brought tbrih my knapsack and commenced minimi iho oieeenof niv time together, The Arabs, who hud begun to crowd in, woio greatly in turns ted in the strange instrument that I was getting under way ; and Yuef, whu wbh rather proud of his superior civilization, sat by enjoy-itig their remarks and giving us a running interpretation. Some thought it was a sort of piafol, with a large touch hole; but this notion was ridiculed by the more knowinc ones, who siiid it was iHuin euoin-h to see that it was u new-fashioned pipe, and that they would soon see me put the bowl in it, and begin to smoke. At last 1 cot all the nieces ud justed, ami com manding silence by a mysterious motion of iho hand, commenced playing that classical air of " Old Zip Coon," which I dure say never wim heard beforoaniong tho ruins of Baulhek. There was the most breathless attention on all sides, interrupted only by suppressed exclamations of tahib! lahib! (good! good ! ) whenever I blew h very shrill or false unto ; and soon the women and children from Hie neighboring houses began! to crowd in, and there wua gradually a largo circle! formed around the room, the audience squatting down , in rows till there was scarcely space enough left to oreuuio. i inew away wim all my might, lor not only wus i exriled by the success ot my experiment, but rather inspired by the niu-ic I was' makum. which 1 assure you was not bud. '1 ho Inmiliar airs of home made me sentimental, and I merued into Ihe doleful uir of "Give mo back my heart again; oh! give it back again ! " which was a misenihle failure ; not a damsel seemed disponed to listen to it. They commenced, in the very middle of the most pathetic strain, to call for the first tune; so 1 b id to return to "Old Zip Coon ." When I had concluded, there was no end to the tahib; Mr. Comi was a decided hit. In order to vary the entertainment, bilenco was commanded ayuin, and. Yusef whs desired to explain iiiai mere wouiu no n song; that it was a song ol an old black gentleman who lived in Ameiica. who wn a I'asha among the blacks; that he was called Uncle Ned because lie was so very venerable, and, being very old, the hair all fell nut of his bead, and there was no hair nt all in the place- where the hair ought to grow ; that ho hid n't any eyes lo see with, and consequently, was as blind as a post, or a (Mono wall, or any thing else that is supposed to 1m deficient in eyes; that neither had he teeih to eat bread with, and he had to let tho bread alone and eat something elsej that his fingers were ns long us canes in tlio brake, which was about an average ol sixteen feet : and. evenlunllv. thai one day when he w,ia out in the field, a horrible monster called Grim Death cnme along nnd cunaht him by tho heel and carried him oway, and he was nevor lieurd of any moro except in this song, which wan written in commemoration of all these fiicts. Thereupon, having excited the most profound interest in the history of Uncle Ned, 1 launched forth into the song, keeping as near the tune as posaible, and going throupli 'ill the motions desctiplive of (he baldness nl fits head, Ihe absence of his teeth, and the length of his lingers. At lenglh, when 1 arrived at the final catastrophe, where Grim Death seizes the old gentleman by the heel, I made a sudden motion at the lied of our worthy bout, who was sitting near by, completely upsetting him with fright, and causing a laugh fiom the audience that seemed us if it would never come to nu eud. It was the best bit of the evening, and completely removed alt constraint, 4 CONDITION OF EUROPE. Tho literature of the Continent durinir ihe last few years has been essentially political, revolutionary and warlike. Out of ten historical works, seven at least speak to us from a favorable point ol view, or other wise ot a revolution now extinct: out of ten polemical, political, economical, or other works, seven at least proclaim or combat a revolution about to tnko place. The lirst bear the impress of terror, the hist are full of gigantic hopes, Ihongh most imperfectly deliued. balm has tied (mm Ihe minds ol writers. Poetry is Horn, ns ii iriMiiencu ny ine storm now gniiiering in uie hearts oi men. itnmaiu e becomes rarer everv lay; it would liud no readers. Pure art is a mvth. Style itself is changed when it is not commonplace, when it retains something of that individual originality which every stvlo might io havo. it is sharp, cut litis. biting. The pen seems, ns it were, HwonUlmped ; all tho world Gunks and writes as if it felt itself on tho eve ot a battle. From the midst of this tempest which we point out necaiiBo to s'eep is to perish amid tho storm, voices are heard exclaiming, " lie ware I Societv is in dancer. Anarchy threatens us. The baibarians are at our fjitlea. Kevolulionadestroy all the guarantees of order; Irom change to change we are pliim-ino into noihimr licss. Wo have conceded too much ; wo must retrace our steps and strengthen power at all price." Oth voices reply lo ihein, " It is too Lite, your society dead, corrupted ; hasten to bury it. Tho salvation of die world is in us, m nu entirely new order ot tilings, a society loutided upon a basisdiametncally opposed to yours." Flags cross each other in ih air in infinite variety. Liberty, Authority, Nationality, 1H1T. Labor, Property, Mchti, Duties, Atsoriation, Imliriiiualim all devices are Been. It is tho niuht of tho Urnckshore a son el intellectual and moral chaos, to which scarce ly anything nutiogous u to be found, unless we go hack some eighteen renluries in the history of Ihe world, lo the fall of the Human Empire, when the an cient gods were dying when the human mind was wavering between tlio sceptical epicurism ol ihe masters and tho aspiration of Ihe slaves to iho Unknown Gon; when the earth trembled under the atena of un known races, impelled by a mysterious, irresistible power towards Iho centre of European society, IVett- winner Kcvuw. "Insanity of a Stramsimi Cattain. Cunt. Floyd of the steamer Warkinaion. was discovered to be par tially insane en the last passage out Irom New York to 11 re men. Nothing ol a serious nature occurred, however, until the steamer approached the English coast, when ihe chief ollicerdiscovereil that there was not a sullicient supply of coals, tint the chronometers nail been altered by uapt, r i.oyd, and that bo bail more than once ntiemnted to run bis line shirt ashore Micounterinp heavy winds, she was put into Mil lord Haven, nt which port he nnin attempted to run tho hip on a ledgo of rocks, but was prevented bv Ihe ollicers. With great difliculiv the Contain was secur ed, and when Ihe steamer arrived at Southampton, iho American consul, ir. uhoskky, Hold a consultation with a jury of medical men, who declared him insane ami had him sent to a Lunatic Asylum. Cm. Enq. Capt. Floyd has since recovered, and is now enjoy. ing good health again. He was formerly master of tlio steamer Louisiana, that run between Hull'ido and Chicago. Any man who would rob a printer would walk to caiuorma without shoes lo savou pntttrr when there, would ride on n sharp-hacked horse to the mines nnd then nig lor gold with his lists, teet, head, and elbows, twenty-three hours out ol Ihe iwenty-four lor sixteen years. Aye, such a man would smoke other's stubs woar nothing but thrown oil rag picker's shirts, and steal gruel Irom his hither m tho agonies of death. The power of Jenny Lind's voice may bo In some measure understood, when it la staled that it was distinctly heard more than a quarter of a mile Irom the Tnwu Hall on the evening of her concert at Northnmp-ton.At a dancing frolic at McOonnelsville. Ohio, on the night of Monday, the 10th instant, John Loezer dirked Samuel Ott'ord five timet in the side. Leaser was arretted, and Otiord it U expected will recofor. tumorous. A RICH BURLESQUE. Wo find the following grave notice in a lale number of tho Cincinnati Atlas : New Books). Evenings with the Si'Irit Hapi'F.rs: or, Spritual Conversations with ihe DEPARTED FOGIESbeiug a correct report of disclosures made by certain indi-viduals now resident in n future state ; through the agency of the celebrated Germaii medium, Miss Samiella Hellrigglfi. Accurately rendered by J. X. Swipes, adept and phonographer. Detroit: Messrs. Huuidrtim and Fillibuster. Cincinnati: Messrs. Gammon and Doubledeal. 1'p. U84. Illustrated. This title induced us to look farther. We found some very rich and racy extracts, which we copy below. As we know the editor of the Atlat to be an inveterate wag, mid withal admirably skilled in this lu dicrous species of composition, we suspect he knows moro about the book than ho hus revealed. Wo intra ducu the following as a rare specimen in its lino: , rWehoneto give on another occasion, a Bketch of the person, character and qualities of the celebrated German medium, Miss Samiella Hellrtggle, selected i tor her eminence in her medical profession, as the or gan fur communication; but we must confine ourselves to the remark that with the exeepnon ot a want of a full knowledge of tho English language which sometimes produces ludicrous effects oh e appears exceed ingly acute ana well qualllieu.J ivir. swipes My dear Miss HeiiriL'Klo will vou louse inquire if 1 may communicate with tho spirit v .i... i, run i 1 Miss Hellricgle Y'aas (raps on the tabled pes de, speerilof GenAuisdown dere? Hap. (A single rap ib yes , iwo rups iio.j Ho is dere, Meester Swipes. Ees you 'appy, Gen-feats 1 Rup, rap. He ees not 'appy, Meester Swipes. What is the mutter, Genfcaig? liap, rap, rap. He calls lor thy alfleohit, Moester Swipes. Calls over ihe alphabet, and spells out " musty hay, no oats." Mr. S. What does this mean ? Who nre yon tulk-iug with 1 Ask him his name. Miss H. Vat ees your name, Geiikans? Calls over the nlphabot and spells, " bee haw. heo haw." Hn is either oue shackass or one Fotawatomy Indian. Eon you a shackass rap. Ho in a shackass. I mudo von Icetle ineeBtuke, tint ish all. Alter some dilhculty the communication is eflected with sutlicient correctness to procure a response Irom the proper pers m. The General, too, complains like his predecessor on the stand, of short commons thinks the confinement dues not npreo with his fieulih talks of leaving ami inquires it there it not some good wa-, ter-cure establishment above ground, where ho could go and recuperate. We omit this portion of tho dia- igue.J Miss If. Veil, General, vat vou (ink of nodder nres- idenliul race T eh ! Gen. O.Race! Don't tflk of races. Since that infernal article in the Democratic fieview, tho idea ives me the dyspepsia. However, it they 'J rub mo down well, make the distance only a quarter, and iet i Old Chip, to agree to run slow, 1 'It try it. I want dome good, strong horse medicine. Miss II. Vat s your opinion ot de Compromise 7 Gen. C lwish tho dous had it. It compromised mo. and that 's all the good it did. I tried to dodge it, and ii pea niysen. i lease mm oi someimng else. Miss II. Veil den, General, if you ees nominated ' vill you take the stump T I Gen. U. IVo. 1 took a ttump in Ihe late wnr. and i broke my sword in the operation. It wont do to try tloit experiment again. 1 must have something new. Miss ri. lieneral, valilui you mean by tho Nichol son letter? (en. C Mean ! I meant precisely what I didn't say, of course. The people do n't understand my po nil ion. I held the of ice of political supervisor, and set ; up guide-boards to point up one road and down the oi her. Wasn't that riylit? Iain writing a commentary on that letter in seventeen volumes, printed to correspond with my life of Louis Pbillippu. The people , ed instruction, ; Miss H. What you tink of Mister Douglas 7 Gen. C Don't say a word. He's n particular ml, and I shouldn't like to tell what 1 thought of him. He's a race horso of the blood of Youn Amer- with limb, wind, speed und bottom. I sent nn n grill to buy him oil the course, but his prico is too lliti. Whiit shall 1 do? , Miss II. How long vas you vmi Democrat? G.mi. C I crossed the Alleghnnies forty vents nco. on loot, with only a silver dollar in my pocket, I have seen Hub great country rise and grow Irom the stump. Miss H You vns in de armee 1 Gen. C I served my country till I broke mv sword : then I retired to tho shades of civil life, nnd Miss H. Edited von Federal Gazette I Gen- C Hush, my dear lady; do not apeak so loud. Here is Buchanan staiidiug by. He'll claim me for a brother, and try to aieaf my ihunder, if be finds it out. Aliss II. You vas vou great friend ol Louis Phi ¬ lippe? j Geu. U. 1 liked him well, until ho ost his throne: what goed could my affection do him after that? Miss h. llow many time avo you saved your conn- "'''' . lien, i). As near us 1 can calculate, about sixteen. Miss H. Ees you for intervention, or not T Gen. C Holh. Head my speech in Iho Senoto. I argued one way, and proved the other. I saved the country then. Miss II. Veil, dcneral, vol you link of do demo- cm ty platform ? den. U. t latiorm ! No platforms lor mo. P mi nimis havo been my ruin. 1 never could mount a plat form, 1 never could gut on Iho right side. There's no such thing as a Democratic ptiitloriu. If a man su limits to be a caudidato now a-days, he must he able to stand on one end ns well as the other. If you must build a platform for mo, remember to set it on edge, so that I can mount astride of it. Miss H. Vat is your pinion of do proprialion for rivers and harbors ? Gen. C What's that you say 7 Miss 1L Vai's your 'pinion of de rivers and har bors 7 Gen. C My dear lady, I'm Very much fatigued. The spirit world is full of noise and contusion. I can not hear your questions, nor enter ns fully into the sub ject yon present, as is nucessary to define my position ; excuse me. ( i no (aides and cimirs dance around the room.) Alias II. (iineraf! Gineral! . 1 lo ish gone. The KNicKKunocKER. Tho May number of the Knickerbocker is chatty and agreeable as usual Iu its Editor's Table" wise, witty and amusing iu its con tents generally. Among the former we hud the t id-low ing: " In the eastern part of Delaware county, in this State, there resides n inuu named Ii , uow a Justice ol the Peace, and n very sensible man, but, by common consent, iho ugliest-looking individual in tho whole county j being Jong, gaunt, sallow and awry, with a gait like a kangnrou. One day, ho was nut hunting, and on one of the mountain roads he met a man ou toot nnd alone, who was longer, gaunter, uglier, by all odds, limn himself. He could give the ' Hijuuro lilty, and beat him. Mhutit saying u word, It raised his gun and deliberately leveled It at ihe stranger. ' tor God's sake, dun t shoot! 1 shouted the mun, in great alarm ' biranger, replied I) swore, ten years ago, that if 1 ever met a man uglier than I was, I'd shoot him; and you are tho liiat one I've seen.' l he stranger, atter taking a careful survey oi ins 'rival,' replied: VYnl, captam, if l look any worse than you do, shutet 1 don't want to live no longer!'" A " Great Medicine," as the Indians term it, in Ma ryland, from whom we shall always be pleased to hear, sends us two or throe items, the perusal of which may assist digestion : " A worthy physician of our city, a member of the Society of Friends, has a favorite negro coachman who happens to bo n Methodist. Not only is "Sam" a Methodist, but he is also an bright and shining a light in the Church as it is possible for such a piece of ebony to be. Yon know, 1 presume, now the biacKS couuuci ineir devotions. Well, barn whs in the habit of selecting his master's kitchen ns the scene of ihe social meetings which he led; and these religious services were not conducted entirely on the plnn which a Quaker would altogether approve. The Doctor, however, is famous for bis good nature, and In endured tho boisterous piety of bin .servant and hia friends with wonderhil equanimity. One ni;iht, however, when they had been unusually " powerful in prayer," the Doctor thought proper to ndminisier a gentle reproof. So, the meeting over, ihe Eoahms coachman was summoned before his muster. "Sam," anli! iho old gentleman, " why does theo make so much noise iu prayer? Doesn't tliee know that the Almighty is not far otl', but nih unto thee; neither in his ear deaf, that ho cannot hear? Ho can hear theo aa well when thee whispers as when then twin." " Mnflsa Doctor," replied Ham, full of confidence in Ins superior theological lore, "you Isn't rend do scrip-tors wid no kind ob 'tcnlion." How an. Snm?" " Why, you done forgot, 'peitra to me, how it aayadar, plain as kin be, ' Hollered bo dy name !' " MISERIES. To snuff the candle out in company. To be joked about a lady whom you secretly dislike. To bo obliged to confess poverty to a dim. To ntnke a good pun at which nobody laughs but yourself. Talking with the Indies to he met bv n drunken friend who insists on speaking to you. Tight boots on a hot summer's day. A short bed on a cold winter's night. ' Disliking bnbtes, to bo obliged through courtesy to dandle your friend's "pretty little sweety," lor an hour or so, . Unluckily enlisting yourself on the wrong side of an argument, when you have ladies and learned men to oppose. Visiting a young lady for the 6rst time, and as you are introduced treading on her favorite cat's tail. HESMERISERS. A few years ago the following story was beard in the earn on the road between Albany and buffalo-One of the conversante, it seems, was a mesmeriser a regular " professor." Ho was dilating upon its rapid development tho astonishing discoveries developed through its agency. Finally ho got upou his superiority as a " professor," a congenial theme and here be was at home. After narrating a variety of experiments' Bome of them astounding, of course he spoke of the following with a gusto that was irresistible. Suid he: ''Last week as I was going through one of the streets of Rochester, I saw a person to whom I was anxious to senk. He walked too last for me to overtake him wiihout running, so I just straightened out my arm ; concentrated my will, made a pass at him thus and he stopped quicker than lightning." " Why, Mister, you don't call that much of trick, do you? " " les, sir, i rather natter my sen, sir, mat it was a pretty strong demonstration.' " Well, it don't begin with what I once did." "Then you are familliar with tho Science, sir, I pre sume ' Some." " Might I incjuire what was the case you spoke of! " " O, certainly. Why you see, 1 happened to be go-ing up to Uatavia. once in the winter. Going down to the cars, I saw a man ou the top of a building, Bhnvel- mg oft snow. Pretty soon his loot slipped, and down he came. When he had got about half-way down, I just made a pass at him, and it stopped him quicker itiun powder ! 1 came oil without thinking anymore about it. If you nre going to Uatavia, 1 wish you would just let him down, for I presume he is hanging there yet ! " The " Professor " handed over his hat. Legal Anecdote. It is said that Judge T , formerly the presiding justice of our common pleas, un der the old regime, was engaged at one time trying a criminal whu had been stealing the goods of a merchant. His guilt wus clearly established, but a question arose as to tho value of the stolen articles, and on the determination of tfioir value depended, under the statute, Ihe fact whether it was grand larceny, punish-uhle by imprisonment iu the penitentiary, or petit lar-cency, punishable by confinement iu the county jail and by fine. The jury, after being out for some time, cnme into court for specific instructions, saying, if the value of the goods were found ut their wholesale price, nt which they wero purchased by their owner, it would amount to petit larceny only; but if found at the retail prico, it would be grand larceny, and thoy wished to no iiitormeu as to their duty in tins respect. Judge T , who was eminent for his practical com mon sense, if not for his legal attainments, charged the jury as follows: j uoiiBidermg the way m which the prisoner obtained the possession of the goods, I do not think the State of Ohio could well afford to let him have them at lose than the retail piuce." I 1m result of the chargo may bo readily imagined. Cincinati Atlas. Childish Simi'licity. " Mother," said a bright lit tle girl, " is hell a hot place 7" licing a little puzzled what reply to make, the mother answered ' Yes," ' I hen, said the little gtrl, " Why do n't they turn the lamperT" Agricultural. A COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE. No one can journey through any auction of the conn-1 try without being impressed with the fact, that school houses are, generally, constructed without taste, convenience, or even comfort. Located in the geoL'ranlii- cal ceniro of the district be that on a bleak hillside or in a frog-pond -erected at as little cost ns possible, with nothing wiihout or within lo make it attractive with no grounds save the public highway belonging to it like some relic of the past, stands tho school house. Popular seutimeutdemauds belter schools and mure highly qualified tenrhors, than it did twenty years since ; but in tew iiisinnuos, has a correspond ing improvement been made In the edifices devoted to the primary, atid almost the only education of children. 1 ho Architect id Nature has not failed tu scatter In aliens of beauty thick over our laud, and scarce a good district can bo found where a proper site for a model building does not invite attention. The additional expense of erecting a building iu this style is not worth u moment's consideration iu comparison with the resultsgrowing out of iho change. The love of the beautiful in instinctive in childhood, and only the nar row prejudice of self-seeking man can see nothing to udinire iu the loveliness of nature, or in the propor tions oi art. nexi io mo aitraciions oi tne home lire-lido, the school should be the most desirable and in viling place. Hero does mind receive its Hist impressions and form its tastes and character. Here docs the boy fix bin standard of attainment, acquire his notions of gentilily and propriety, and first learn to compare himself with others. An uir of neatness and elegance should be given to the school house, nnd in point of finish, decoration and furniture it should equal the best apartment of a private residence. Children would respect such a building, would love lo bo in it, and wh it is more, would form there, habits of propriety which would save the mnumany a bitter lesonof mortification. Children initiate tho manners ot those around them, and rudeness is no more nut urn 1 thiiti politeness, this is not mere speculation. We have seen a school house which had been in constant use for three years, upon whose carpet there wero no marks of gormandising tastes of scholars, whose nent- iy stained desKs showed no sign ot the aukee proclivi ty to whittle, whose walls were disfigured with no semi-barbaric artistic designs; yet there hud been no blows struck in that school, there were no rules to pro-vent injury to tho building. A gentleman had taught the schaol, nnd as naturally as effect follows cause, gentlemanly and lady-like scholars were in attendance. it is needless to remark that intellectual improvement wns in perfect keeping with advance in other respects. Thousands of dollars are wisely laid out every year in erecting churches after the best models, and decorating (hem according to the most approved standards of taste; and why should uot equal pride be taken in combining beauty and fitness in the district school house? If architecture bo the expression of ideas of beauty, if it has a meaning, will not six days in a beautiful school house do more in impressing the mind with a correct taste, than one in a beautiful church 7 Each lias it appropriate place, is associated with its peculiar id'-as, but in point of Importance are so nearly allied that they should not widely diti'er. Albany Cultivator. The White Native Grape. You osk for somo information relative to a while native grape, cultivated ny me. i win give you as briefly as i can, the history of it. The batiks of tho Pnwtuckawny (a small branch of tne i.ampnrey nvor.j niiouud witn wild grape ; to that in the spaco of two miles you may meet with twenty different kinds, all of which this vine originated from seeds, nnd from one of which this vine originated. The old vine appears to be aixty or seventy years old ; it stands in a cold, rocky, uncultivated spot, and climbs some large maples, flourishing without cultivation. I have known it for eighteen years, and naver but what it has borne some every year. Tho fruit is from one third to double lbs uiro of the Isabella with us ; it ii rather of a drab color, but when very white of a reddish cast, quite sweet, und with a very whito aroma. I have never known it mildew, which most of ihe white varieties do. The fruit is largeron Uncultivated than the old stock, but it does not get its full flavor till the vines have homo two or ibreo years, or till the mots get strong. It is pcrlectly hardy iu our climate, and usually ftops growing about the first of September. 1 lie Irutt ripens about Iho middle ol the month in com mon sanBoiis.and will Keep for some lime. It is a good bearer; a neighbor has a vine about ten years old, (a layer from tho oh! vine,) which for tho last two years has borne more than three bushels each yeiir of very tine fruit. When planted on the sou In side of a build ing, it frequently ripens a week earlier. They are now scattered through thewholo of New England, and one lot in Now York. About two years ago I nlnnted some small vinea nn a high, dry knoll in the open hold, to teat their growing on high, dry ground, and I have never seen any grow better. Whenever I have sent the fruit as a specimen, it hus invariably given perfect satisfaction ; atid should it prove sdapted tu tho wnnts of tho people, I shall feel injBelt richly rewarded for my inmnie. u. u. Harvey. Kpping, N. If. Wo huvo been hoping for seme time to find a native whito grape that should vie with the Isabella or Catawba, but all that we have yet met with have been bo strongly impregnated with the Fox flavor as to entirely unlit them for table fruit. We hope tho above is an exception; and, as we never like to "give up the ship," will endeavor to give it a fair trial. Plough, i.wm ana Anru. Meadows and old Fields. If yon have anv mead ows or old holds that oro sward hound, or which bore but indifferent crops of bay last season, give them a thorough harrowing as soon as the Irost it out of tho surface, while the ground in soft, then bow to each acre lour quart ol timothy seed, ten pounnt oi clover seed, one bushel of plaster of Paris, live bushels of wml ashoB, nnd live bushels of newly slaked lime, alt well mixed, anu nnisii ott by rolling. werteam Agricultu Fruit. Th McOonneNvill", Morgan county, 0, Chronicle, of the lilth nit., aavs: " Tito prospect for n nood crop of apples in thi county is very flattering. We also learn that our tieipiibornol Washington county will have a full sup. ply of thin fruit the present vcar." The Hucyrus, Crawford county, 0., Forum, of the I4ih iust., says: From present appearances, wn nre going to have an abundant nnpply of apples this season. The trees are very full of blossoms. The cherry and plum trees bid fair for a luxuriant yield. Peaches are all killed. We learn that ih prospect for an abundant crop of apples was never better in Franklin county. Of cher ries, there will be a medium crop. Peaches will be 1 scarce, and, of course, in demand. itcrary. BI.EAK HOUSE. A KKW WORK BY CHARIKS DICKK.SS. CHAI'TtR VI. QUITE AT HOMK. The day had brightened very much, und still bright ened as we went westward. We went on our way through the sunshine and the fret.li air, wondering more and more ut the extent of the streets, the bril liancy of the simps, the great traffic, nnd I he crowds ot people whom the pleasunter weather seemed t have brought out like many-colored flowers. By-and by we began to leave the wonderhil city, and to pro. need through suburbs, which, of themselves, would have made a pretty large town in my eyes; and at last we got into a real country road again, with windmill, rickyurda, milestones, farmers' wagons, scents of old hay, swinging Bigns and horso troughs, trees, tteids. and hedge-rows. It was delightful to see the green landscape before ua, and the immense metropolis be hind ; and when a wagon with n tram ol oeuutilul Horses, lurnished with red trappings and clear-sound ing bells, came by us with its music, I believe wo could all three have sung tu the bells, so cheerful were itie imiuences around. ' Hie whole road hsis been reminding me cl my namesake, Whiltington,' said Richard, 'and that wag on in the liuistiilig touch. Halloa I what s the malter? Wo had stopped, and the wagon had stopped ton. Its music changed as Ihe horses came to a stand, and subsided to a gentle tinkling, except when a hmse tossed bin head, or shook himself, and sprinkled off a little Biioweror boil-ringing. 'Our postillion Is looking after the wagoner,' said Richard; 'and the wngon is coming back after us. (Jood dav. friend!' The wagoner was at our coach door. Why, here's an extraordinary thing! added Richard, looking closely at tho man. 'He has got your name, Ada, in his hat ! ' He had all our numeB in his hat. 1 ucked within the band, were three small notes; one, addressed to Ada; one, to Richard; one lo me. These tho wagoner delivered to each of us respectively, reading ihe name aloud first. In answer to Richard's inquiry f rom whom they came, ho briefly an-wered, ' Master, sir, if you please ; ' und putting on his hat again ( which was like a soft bowl), cracked his whip, re-uwnkened his music, and went mol odiously away. ' is that Mr. .larndyce a wagon said itichard, call ing to our postboy. ' 1 us, sir, he replied. i ming to London. We opened iho notes. Each wan a counterpart of the other, and contained these words, in a solid, plain hand: ' I look forward, my dear, to our meeting easily, and without constraint on either side. I therefore have to propose that we meet as old friends, and take the pant for granted. It will be a relief to you possibly, uud to ine certainly, and so my love to you. JOHN ilAJtNPYCE. I had perhaps less reason to be surprised than either of my companions, having never yot enjoyed an op. portunity of thanking one who had been my benefactor and side earthly dependence through so many years. I had not considered how I could I hank him, my gratitude lying tno deep in my heart for thai ; but 1 now began to consider how I could meet him without tha' king mm, and felt it would he very ditlicult indeed. The notes reviver), in Richard and Ada, a general impression that ihe.y both hud, wiihout quite knowing how they came by it, that their cousin Jarndyco could never bear acknowledgments Ibrany kindness he p(r. formed, and that, sooner than to receive any, he would resort to the most singular expedients nnd evasions, or would even run away. Ada dimly remembered to have heard her mother tell, when she was a very little child, that be hail done her an act of uncommon gene- j rosity, and that on her going to his house lo thank him, be happened to see her through the window coming to the door, and immediately escaped by tho back gate, i nnd was not heard of for three mouths. This dis-j course led to a great deal more on the saioo theme, and indeed it lasted us all dnv, nnd we talked of scarcely anything else. If we did, by chanco, diverge into another subject, we. soon returned to this; and wondered what the house would be like, nnd Vhi-ii wo should get there, and whether we should see Mr. Jarndyce as soon as we arrived, or after delay, and what ho would say to us, and what we should say to him. All of which wo wondered about, over nnd over again. Ihe roads were very heavy lor tho horses, but the pathway wns generally good ; so we alighted and walked up all tho hills, and liked it so well lh;it we pro longed our walk on the level ground when we got to the top. At Harnet there were other horses waiting for us; but as they had only just been fed, we had to wait for them too, nnd got a Ions fresh walk, over a common and an old battle field, before the carriage came np. These delays bo protracted our journey. that the short day was spent, and the long night bad closed in, before we came to St. Albans ; near to which town ltleak House was, we knew. lty that time we were so anxious mid nervous, that even Iticbnrd confessed, an we rut tied over the stones of the old street, to feeling hp irrational desire to Irivo buck again. As to Ada and me, whom he had wrapped up with great care, the night being sharp and frosty, wo trembled from head to foot. When wo turned out of the town, round a corner, and Richard told us that the post boy, who had for a long time sympathized with our heightened expectation, wus looking hack and nodding, wo both stood up iu tho carriage (Richard holding Ada, lest she should be jolted down) and gazed round upon ihe open country and tho stnr- ngni ingiu, ior our oeiunaiion. i uere was alight ipnrkhng on a bill before us, and the driver, pointintr to it with his whip and crying. "Hint 's Bleak House!" put his horses into a canter, and took u8 forward at such a rate, up-hill (hough it was, that the wheel, sent the road drift flying about our heads, liko aprny from a water-mill. Presently wo lost tho sigln, presently saw it, preBently Inst it, presently saw it, und turned into an avonno of trees, and cantered up towards wiiitii ii was ileum inn; origony. it wan in a window ii what seemed to be an old lusinoned house, with three peaks in the roof in front, nnd a circular sweep leading to iho porch. A bell was rung ns we drew up, anil amidst tho sound of its deep voice in the still nir. and tho distant barking of somo dogs, and a gush of iigui irom me opened door, nnd the stroking and steaming of the heated horses, nnd iho quickened beating of our own hearts, we alighted in no inconsiderable confusion. Adn, my love, Eslher my dear, vim are welcome. I rejoice tu seo vou! Rick, if I had a hand tn snnt-A in I'rcBcni, i womu givu n you: The gentleman who said these words in a nlenr bright, hospitable voice, hud one nf his arms nrnmiH Ada's waist, and the other round mine, and kissed us both in a fatherly way, and bore us across tlio hall into a ruddy utile room, all iu a glow with a blazing tiro. Here he kissed us again, nnd. oiieninc his rm m.U us sit down side by side, on a sofa ready drawn out nunr the hearth. I felt that if we had been at all re- monsiraiive, ne would have run nway in a moment. f ' Now, Rick V said he, ' I have a hand at liberty. A word in earneBt is ns good ns a speech. I am heartily glnd to see you. Yon are at home. Warm yniirtelf.' Richard think him by both hnnds with nn intuitive mixture of respect and frankness, mid only saying, (though with an earnestness that rather alarmed me, I was an afraid of Mr. Jarndyce's suddenly disappearing.) ' You aro very kind, sirt Wo nre very much hliged to you !' laid aside his hat nod nni. mwl .., up to the firo. And how did you like the r do 7 Am how did v liko Mrs. Jollyby, my dear?' suid Mr. Jarndyce to Ai a. While Ada was speaking to him In run! v. T plnn mil (I need not say with how much interest) ut his face. It was a handsome face, full of change and motion; and his hair was a silvered iron-grey. I took him to be nearer sixty than fifty, but he was upright, Inrdy anil robust. From the moment of his first speaking to us, hit voice had connected itself with an association in my mind that I could not dehuo; but now, all at once a sudden something iu his manner, nnd a pleasant expression in his eyes, recalled the gentleman in the stage-coach, six years ayo, on tho niemnrahlu day of my journey io ihihuoir. i was certain thai u wns lie, I never was to frightened in my life at when I made tho discovery, for he caught my glance, and appearing to read my thoughts, gave such a look at tho door Ihut 1 thouL'lit wn had lost him. However, I am happy to aav be remained whore he wan, and asked me what thought of Mrs. Jellyby. one exerts norseu very much lor Alrlca. sir,' 1 s nd. Nobly ! ' returned Mr. Jarudvco. Bid vou answer like Ada.' Whom I had nut heard. '1 on all think something else, I tee.' We rather thought.' tatd I. clnncinpnt Richard and Ada, who entreated me with their eves lo speak, 'that perhaps she was a little unmindful of her homo.' ' r loored I ' cried Mr. Jarndyce. I wns rather alarmed again. Well ! 1 want to know your real thoughts, mv dear. I may have sent you there on purpose.' we thought that, perhaps,' said 1, hesilaling, ' it ts right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, n trhann, while those nre overlooked and neglected. no other duties ran jmssibly be substituted for them ! ' 1 lie littlo Jeiiybyn,' said Kichnrd, coining to my relief, 'aro really I can't help expressing myself strongly, sir in a devil of a state.' blio means well, said Mr. Jarndyce, nasiiiy. ' l ho wind 's in the east.' It wns in the North, sir, as wo came down,' observed Richard. ' My dour Rick,' said Mr. Jarndyce, poking the fitc; I'll take an oath it's either in the east, or gomg to be. I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation, uow and then, when the wind is blowing iu tho east.' I Rheumatism, sirt said Richard. I I dare say it it, Kick. 1 believe it is. And to the liitle Jell 1 bad my doubts about 'em are in aoh, Lord, yes, it 's easterly ! ' said Mr. Jarndyce. He taken two or three undecided turns up nnd down while uttering these broken sentences, retaining the porter in one hand, ana running ms uair with the other, with a good-natured vexation, at once tu whimsical and so lovenble. that I am sure wo wero more delight ed with him than we could possibly have expressed in any words. He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to mo. and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the waj out, wuon nesuuuouiy turuea ua alt back again. 'Those little Jellybys. Could n't you didn't you now, if it had rained sugar plums, orthree-cornered raspberry tarts, or anything of tint sort ! ' said Mr. Jainilyce. ' O cousin! ' Ada hastily began. ' Good, my pretty pet. I like loubin. Cousin John, perhaps, is better.' ' Then, cousin John ! ' Ada laughingly began again 'Ha, ha! Very good, indeed ! said Air. Jariuiyce with great enjoyment. 'Sounds uncommonly natural lea, my dear 7 ' It did better than that. It rained, Esther.1 ' Ay 7 ' aaid Mr. Jnrndyce ' What did Esther do? Why cousin John.' said Ad-i, clasping her hnnds upon ins arm, and shaking her head at me across inm for I wanted her to bo quiei: 'Esther was their friend directly, Esther nursed them, coaxed them lo sleep, washed uih! dressed them, told ihem stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes' My dear girl ! I had only gone out with Peepy, alter he was found, mid given him a little, tiny horse! ' and, cou'in John, she sottened poor Uarohuo, tho eldest one, so much, uud was so thoughtlul lor me and so amiahioj No, no, won't be contradicted, Eslher dear! You know, you know, it's true ! The warm-hearted darling lemied across her cousin John, nnd kissed me; and then, looking up in his face. boldly said, ' At ad events, cousin John,! will thank you for the companion you have given me.' I felt as if she challenged him to run away. Hut he did n't. Where did you say ihe wind wus Kick f Ubked Mr. Jarndyce In the North, as wo come down, sir. You are r it? lit. There's no E intin it. A mistake of mine. Come, girls, come and seo your home ! ' It was one of those delightfully irregular houses where you go up and down stepnout of one room into another, nnd where you come upon more rooms when you think yon have seen nil there are, and where there is n bounidul provision of little hails and passages, and where you find still older cottage-rooms iu unexpected places, with lattice windows and green growih press ing through them. Mine, which we entered first, wbb of this kind, with an up-nnd-dowu root, that had more corners in it than I ever counted afterwards, and chimney (there was a wood-tire on tho hearth) paved all round with pure white tiles, in every one of which a brieht miniature of the fire was hhiziug. Out of this room, you went down two steps, into a charm ing utile silling room, lootting down upon n iiower-garden, which room was henceforth to belong to Ada nod mo. Out of this vou went up three steps, inio Ada's bed room, which had a tine broud window, com manding a beautiful view (wo saw a great expanse of tnrluiess lying underneath tlio stars.) to which there was h hollow window-flint, in which, with a spring- lock, threo dear Adas might havo' been lost at once. Out of this room, you parsed into a little gallery, with which tho other host rooms (only two) communicated, and so, by a littlo stair case of shallow steps, with a number of corner stairs in it, considering its lem-th. down into tho hnll. But if, instead of going out of Ada's door, you came buck ltiiomv room, and weni out at the door by which you had entered it, and turned up a few crooked Btepa that branched oil iu un unexpected manner from the stairs, you lost yourself iu issnges, with mangles in them, oud three-cornered utiles, and a native Hindoo chair, in which was also a sof'j, a box nnd a bedstead, and looked, iu evety form, something between a burn boo skeleton and u great bird-CHge, and bad been brought from India nobody knew by whom or when. From these, you came on I Richard s room, whiih was Part library, part silling- room, part bed room, and seemed indeed a comfortable compound of many rooms. Out of that, you weid straight, will) a liitle interval of passage, to ihe plain room where Mr. Jnrndyce slept, all tho year round, willi his window open, his bedstead without uny furniture siandiug in the middle of the floor fur more air, I ml his cold-but h gaping for him in u enimler room nd-! joining. Out of that, you cnme into another passage,! where there wero back-stairs, and where you could icar uio horses being ruhbed down, outside the stable, ml being told to Hold up. and Get over, as thev si in- ped about very much on the uneven stones. Or you mi"lit, if you canto out at another door (everv room had at least two doors, ) go straight down tu the hall again by hall-a-doi n hteus nnd a low archway, won- j fling how yon got back there, or mid over got out of it. The furniture, old-fushioned rather than old, like the house, was an pleasantly irregular. Ada's sleeping room wns all ll.uvers in cbiniz and paper, iu velvet, n :ieeuie-wnrn, m me orocnue ot two sun, coiiriiy :hairs, which stood, each attended by a litlle pane of u 1 stool for greater stute, on either side of the fire pluce. Our silling room wns green; anil hud, framed and glazed, upon the walls, numbers of surprising and surprised birds, staring out of pictures at n real trout iu case, ns brown and shining as it it tiad been served with gravy; at thedeaihol Captain Cook; and, at ihe whole process of preparing tea in China, as depicted I by Chinese artists. In rnv room there were oval en- i ravings ot the months ladies haymaking, in short waists, and large hais tied tinder the chin, tor June smooth-legged noblemen, poiiiting, with cocked-hats, to village steeples, lor ( Ictober. Halt length nortraiis, in crayons, abounded nil tbrouch the house: but were so dispersed that I found the brother of a yoiithlul omcer ot mine in tnecluna-closet.ard the gray old age of my pretty young bride, with u flower in her bod-dice, iu the breakfast room. As substitutes, I Intel four angels, of Queen Anne's reif.ii, biking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, vvilh some difficulty ; and n compositon iu needle-work, representing fruit, n Kettle, nnd nn alphabet. All the moveables, from the wnrdrobes to the chairs and tables, hangings, glasses, even to the pin-cushions nnd scent bottles on the dressing tables, displayed the same quaint variety. Thoy greed in nothing hut their perfect neatness, their dis-Jay of the whitest linen, nod their ntoriug-up. where soever the existence of a drawer, largo or small, rendered it possible, of quantities ot rose-leaves and sweet lavender. Such, with its illuminated windows, softened here and thero by shadows of curtains, shining out upon tlw star-light niglu ; with its light, and wannth, and comfort; with its hospitable jingle, at a distance, it preparations tor dinner; with iho iace of its gener ous master bripliteuing everything we saw j and just wind enough without to sound a low aecompaninient to everything we heard ; were our litst impressions of menu iiouiu. I am glad you like it.' naid Mr. Jarndvce. when ho Imd brought ut round again to Ada's sitting-room. It makes no pretensions; but it is a comfortable little place, 1 nope, and will he mora so with such hrudit voung looks iu it. You hnvn barely half nu hour be- oro u inner, i uere s no one uero but the huesl creature upon earth a child,' ' More children, Eslher!' sntd Ada. 1 I don't mean literally n child.' Pursued Mr. Jnrn dyce; 'nor a child in years. He is grown up ho is nt least as old as am tint in simplicity, and fresh-uesa. and enthusiasm, nnd a line guileless iu aptitude ior nn woriuiv minus, ue is a perlccl Child. Wo felt that he must be very interesting. ' lie knows Mrs. Jellyhv ,' said Mr. Jarndvce. 1 He is a musical man; an amateur, but might have been professional. He is an artist, loo; an amateur, but might havo been a professional. He ii a man of at tainments, and nl motivating manners. Ho ins been iinlortuiiate in Ins ntlatrs, and unfortunate iu his pur suits, and unlortuuato in his family; but ho don't care, he 's a child ! ' ' Did you imply tint ho has children of his own, sir l inquired idchard. ' Yes, Rick ! half-a-dozen. More ! Nearer a dozen, I should think. But he hus never looked after them. How could he? He wanted somebody to look after him. He is n child, yon know ! said Mr. Jarndyce. And have the children looked alter themselves at all sir 7 i tu) aired Richard. ' Why, just us you may supposesaid Mr. Jarndyce! his countenance suddenly falling. ' It is said thai" the children ol tho very poor are not brought up, but drag. geu up. niiroiu onitnpoio s children have tumbled up someoow or oioer. me wnui 't getting round again, I am afraid. I feel it rather.' Richard observed that thy nutation was exposed ou 11 " ' ,MH"1- Unexposed, snul Mr. Jarndyce. ' No doubt that'; the cause, lileak House ban an exposed sound. Uut you are coming my way. Come atony 1 ' Our luggage having arrived, and hem? all at hand. 1 was dressed in a few minutes, and engaged in putting my worldly goods away, when a maid (not the one in attendance upon Ada, but another whom I hud not seen) brought a basket into my room, with two bunches ot keys in it, nil labeled. ' Foryoti, miss, if you pb-ase,' said she. ' For mo ! ' said I. ' Tho housekeeping keys, miss ' 1 showed my surprise; for she added, wiih some rime surprise ou her own part: I was told lo bring uietn nn Boon as you was nbme, nuss. Mi Summer- son. II t don't deceive myself f ' ob,' said 1. That is my name.' ' The large bunch is the boitsek epiui, and iho lilth bunch is tho cellari, tuisa. Any time you was pleased oi appoint io-morrow morning, I was to show you the presses aim Unrigs they belong lo.' I said 1 would be ready at half pilot ai; nnd, after she was gone, Blood looking at the basket, quite lost in the magnitude of mv trust. Ada found me thus; and had such n delightful confidence in me when "bowed her the keys, and told her about them, thru il would havo been insensibility and ingratitude not to feel encouraged. 1 knew, to be sunt, that it was the itear girl's kiuduess: but I liked to be so oletisautlv cheated. When we went down stairs wo wero nresnnied to Mr. Skimpole, who wus standing belore the tire, telling Richard bow feud he used to be, in his school time, ol loot-ball, lie was n little, bright creature, with a rather large head ; hut n delicate face, and a sweet vnjen, and I here was a perfect cfiann in Inm. All b. said was so free from effort and spontaneous, and u said wilh such a captivating gayety, that it wns Intel- unung io orar lorn inia, neingot a moro slender nre lluiti Mr. Jiimdyoe, nnd having a richer complexion, wiili browner tinir, he looked vounenr. lode.ul he bad more the iippeamnce. in all respects, of a dam aged young man, than n well-preserved elderly one. There was an ensy negligence in his manner, and oven in bis druns, (his hair carelessly disposed, and bis neck-kerchief loose nnd flowing, as 1 have teen artistt paiut their own portraits,) which I could not separate from the idea of a romantic youth who had undergone some unique process of depreciation, It struck mu aa beiug not a' all like the manner or appearance of a man who had advanced iu life, by the usual road of years, cares and experiences. I gathered from the conversation, that Mr. Skimpole had been educated for the medical piofefsinn. and had once lived, in his professional capacity, in Iho house hold of a German prince. He told us, however, that on ho had always been a mere child in point of weights and measures, and had never known anything about them, (except that they disgusted him ) he had never been aide to prescribe with the requisite accuracy of detail. In fact, ho said, he had Uo heud ior detail. And he told us, wdh great humor, that when bo wos wanted to bleed the prince, or physic nny of his people, ho was generally found lying on his back in bed, rending the newspapers, or malting fancy-sketches in pencil, nnd could n't come. The prince, at fast, objecting to this, 'in which,' said Mr. Skimpole, iu the frankest manner, 'he was perfectly right,' tho engagement terminated ; and Mr. Skimpolo having (w bo added with delightful gayty,) 'nothing lo live upon hut love, fell in love, nnd married, and surrounded himself with rosy cheeks.' His good friend Jarndvce and some other of his good friends then helped him, in quicker or slower succession, to several openings in life; but to no purpose, for ho must confess to two of the oldest infirmities in the world: oue was. that he had no idea of time; the oilier, that he had no idea of money. In consequence of which, he never kept an appointment, never could transact any business, and never knew the value of anything! Well! So he had got on iu life, and hero he was! He wus very fond of rending Ihe papers, vory fond of making fancy-sketches with a pencil, very fond of nature, very fetid of art. All be linked of society was. to let him live. Thai was n't much. his wania were lew. Give him the palters, conversa tion, music, mutton, collee, landscape, fruit iu the season, a few sheets of RrisMe-board, and a little claret, and ho asked no more. Ho was a mere child in Ihe world, but he did n't cry for the moon. Ho said to iho world, 'Go your so vend ways in peace! Wear red coats, blue coats, lawn-sleeves, put pens behind your ears, wear aprons; go niter glory, holiness, commerce, iraile. nny object you prefer; only let Harold Skimpole live.' All this, and a great deal more, he told us. not onlv with the utmost brilliancy and enjoyment, but with a certain vivaciouscandor speaking of himself as if he were not at all his own affair, as if Skimpole were a third person, as if he knew that Skimpole hud bis singularities, but still hml his claim too, which were the general busines of tho community and must not be slighted. He was quite enchanting. If I felt at all coiimseu at mat early lime, in endeavoring to reconcile anything he said wiih nuvthim? 1 hnd thought nbont the duties nnd accountabilities of life (which 1 am far from sure of ), I was confused by not exactly understanding ny ne was iree ni litem. I bat he was free of Ihem, 1 scarcely doubted ; he was bo verv clear about it himself. ' I covet nothinc.' said Mr. Skinmolo. in iheMti.it light way. ' Possession is nothing lo me. Here is my friend Jarndyce's excellent house. I feel obliged to him for possessing it. I can sketch it. and alter it. I can set it to music. When I am here, I have sufficient possession of it, nnd have neither trouble, cost, nor responsibility. My steward's name, in short, is Jarndyco, and hu can't cheat me. Wo have been mentioning Airs, Jellyby. Theroisahright-eyedwomsn of a strong will and immense power of business-detail, who throws herself into objects wiih surprising nnlor! I don't regret that I havo not a Itrons will and nn immense now. or of business-detail, to throw myself into objects wilh surprising ardor. I can admire her wiihout envy. I an sympathise with ihe objects. I can dream of them, can lie down on the e rims in linn wihiIimn. m.l float along an African river, embracing all iho natives I meet, as sensible of the deep silence, and sketching llie dense overhanging tropical growth an accurately, as if I were there, f don't know that it 's of any direct userny doing so, but it's all I can do, and I doitthor-ouchly. Then, for heaven's sake, having Harold Skimpole, aconliding child, peliiioning you, the world, an agylomeratioii of practical people of business habits, let him live and admire Ihe human family, do it somehow or other, like good souls, and sutler him lo ride his rocking horse ! ' i was pinin enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not been aUolfid ,,f the ndiiin.ti.m Mr kH...,,,.!..'- ... I position there would havo n iiderud it so, without ihe addil on of what he presently said. ' It 's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy,' said Mr. Skimpole, addessing us, his m w friends, in an impersonal manner. ' I envy you your power of do-ing what you do. It is what I should revel in myself. I n t feel any vulgar izmiitmle to vou. 1 mIn...si o.I as if you ought to bo grateful lo me, for giving ynutho opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. I know you like It. For anything I enn tell, I may have come into ihe world expressly for the purpose of increasing your etnvk uf happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor lo you, by someiimcs giving you an opportuuityof assisting me in my little perplex ities. Why should I regret mv imvnmritv f.,r l. mil. and worldly otlairt. when it lendstosuch pleasant con- quonces 1 1 do n't rtcret it therefore.' Of all his playful tpi-ahen ( nlnvlol. vet.nl wnv. fullv mi'MiiM! wlist they eipr.wd) ,evmH , M mr0 tu Uie la.ie nf Mr. Jarulyc il,ar, iLU. I had often new temptation, utterwiirds. to tiiflfr wlu-tir ii ... . ally singular, or only singulnr n, nie, that he, who wot proimoiy me most graienn ot Mankind upon the least occasion, should so desire to eni.e the gratitude of others. We wero all enchanted. T felt it merited fi-llmi u tlio nigajiiii; iimlitic. of Ada ano Itidiarcl, tint .Mr. 8kimpn, .ruing Idem tor the tint! tfu.., alinuld he mi iinrcSRrved, nnd should Jay hiiim.'ir oiuin ho ,n pxrjui-hitoly Bgr ihlo. TI1.7 (mid especially 1'chard) wero naturally pleased tor iiinlnr reason., aid considered it no cuinmtiu privilege to ho so freely cindled in by such nn attractive inun. The inure wa li.Wnrd, tlio more pally Mr. Bkinipolo talked. And what witii his tine hilarious maiiiier.aud hiseneaping enm!or,md his denial way of liphily touinv. his own weakness ij,ui, as if he had said, ' i am a child yuu know ! Yau ate uesignmp people compared witn met' (lie really rutej,. mo consider myself iu tin, same light;) ' hut i am gftr and innocent! forgot your worldly arts and piny witii me ! 'the ell'ect was absolutely dnrzling. nu wns so mi i oi leeimg loo, ami had such a deli-late sentiment for what was beautiful or tender, that ho could havo won n heart hy that alone. Ill the evening when was preparing to make tea, and Ada wa. touching the piano in the adjoining room, and aoftly humming a tune to her cousin Itichard, wliicti ihey had happened to mentior. ho came nml sat down on the sofa near me, and so ipoko nf Ada that 1 almost loved him. Sho ia liko the morning,' he aniil. With tliat gold-'n hair, those blue eye., and thai fresh bloom on her heek, she ia liko tliu summer mominu. Tho bin!. hero will mistake her for it. We will not cull such a lovely young creature us that, who is a joy to all mankind, nn orphan. Nile is the child of the universe.' Mr. Jarndyco, I loiind, waa standing near us. with his hands behind him, and an attentive .mile upon hi. face. ' The universe. ho observed. mukea rather an in. different parent, I am afraid.1 '(! 1 don't know!' cried Mr. Rkimpolo buoyantly. ' 1 think I do know,' said Mr. Jarudyce. ' Well ! ' cried Mr. Skimpole, ' yon know Ilia world, (which iu your aunse i. the univorso,) and 1 know nothing of il, so vou ahull havo your way. Hut if I had mine,' glancing at tho cousin., there should be no brnuihles of sordid realities in .itch path ns that. It should bo strewn with ro.es; it ahould lie through bowers, where there was no .pring, nuliimn r winter, but perpetual summer. Age or rhaiigo should never wither it. The base word money should never he br, allied near it! ' Mr. .Iiirndyre putted him nn the henil wilh a smile, a. if be hnd been really a child j nnd passing n step or two on, nt.il slopping a moment, glanced nt Iho young cousins. His look waa Ihoughllul, hut hail a benignant expression In il which I olien (how often!) saw again : which hiiB lung been ongravou on my heart. The room in which ihey wero, communicatiim wilh that in which ho aloud, was only lighted by Ihe tiro. Ada sal nt tho piano i Iticlmrd stood beside her, bending down. Upon tlio wall, their shadow a blended together, stir n .led tiy strange forms, not without a ghostly mo- lion caught from llie unsteady tire, though rrlleclnl from molionlesa nbj.cls. Alia touched tho nolea an softly, and aang so low, that the wind, aighiug away lo Iho distant hills, win as audible ns the music. The mystery of tho luioro, and Ihe litlle- clue nlh.nlcd lo il. by the voice of Iho present, .eeuicd . x pressed in the whole picture. Hut it is not to recall Ibis Taney, well as I rememher It. Unit I recall the scolio. r id, 1 , i,t ,ni0 . conscious ol tho c, mini. I, h, r,.,p,.ci f meaning ami inlelillon, between tlio silent look directed that wav und the How of words that hnd preceded it. Secondly, though Mr. .larndyce'. glance, as be withdrew it. rested but n momentoii me, 1 Ml a. if, in llmi moment, he confided to m, nnd knew that be ronlided lo me, nnd licit I received llie ronlidcnee hia hop . that Ailn and Itichunl might one day enter on n dearer relation. "'!' l.arran rito lllt. Wkiisti K Mr. Web.t, r lias written a Idler to the Uity Council. i, llo.mn. acred. ioi; io .onr oiininuious re. pest t nildro. the rilirma mhineiiil Hull. r,.griu ,h Invitation-ruining '"' "d finnliar fnoiida ns a biih cuinnliment' und adds: " Perhaps il ia onnoressnry fr me tn aav, gentlemen bill it is a point up,,,, which I deem that no inlsaiu.ro. henil. 11 should exist, that neither the source nl the kind invitation 11m. presented to me, nor the state of things now eii.ling hi iho c try, will allow me tn enter upon iho discussion of any poliiiral nueslion or snhje.-t whatever. Tho pleasure all.inlcd In me by the occiKum will be that of being once more in the universally acknowledged "Onullo of America i" to behold nesin these io. .ce. f immortal revolutionary patriots which adorn the wall. Kaneuil Unit, and lo see the lin es ot prospermia, happy and patriotic fellow. eitil ; and lll.'ir gralili.-nli.iii. if ihey shall oxperl. cnee any, will he to know that I am aniong Ihem witn uiinl.nted frieniid.io and attachment, that 1 regard llie placn ol their hint) and resideuce with ui warm a heart ns beats in any of their own boannis, ami that t regard myself as numbered among them for good or lor evil, so long as nnyihing good or evil may happen to me from liuuian asauciutiuui," M-sasaa0MMMasBaM'B4.,MH(rs

J. . ' r VOLUME XLII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1852. NUMBER 39. PUBLIHtlKD KVKHY TUKHOAY MORNING II V KC!OTT & HAM (Ml. OFKICK JOURNAL BUILDINGS, 1JIGH AND FKABL BTRRKTS. COUNTING ROOM ON PEARL BTREET. TKItiUft Invnrlnbly to oilvnoce. Wmikiy pur annum In Columbui tii 00 Out ut tbocity ; by moil, ingle... 150 'luchibiot tour wid upwards 1 2ii Tui nibsof ten suit upwards, to one address 1 00 Daily, rti;flBioo 8 00 Tri-Weeklj, do 1 00 Weekly do., tingle 50 The Journal U also published Dally and Tri-Weekly during the yoar ; Daily per annum, by mall, 5 ; Tri-Weekly, Ilntpfl of AilTertfsIng Weekly Paper t nesqunru, lUllnea or leas, one insertion CO 50 " " " eacnaitditiutial " " " " 1 mmitli , 1 90 , y SS . ;i 5o . S 00 , fl 00 .no o .an oo , H 00 :i5 oo B0 00 3 13 " ' lianjablemontliIy, per annum " " weekly " Standing card, one square or less, ' ooluinn,liaDgeablequftr1rly," 1 (i it tt too 00 Other cases not provided for.chargeablo In conformity with til above rates. All loaded ndvfirttsflmnnts tibeohnr(rnd not ieii than double the above rates.Mtid measured hi )f aolid, Advnrtfiementi i)nthninldcexcluelvpy,tobeohargedattho arte of f0 percent. In advance on the above rate. Jorcign Department, A DAK-FUB PRINCESS ONE WAT TO EXTEND COMMERCE. Wo clip the following interesting and graphic sketch from one of iho loiters of BAYsnn 'I'avi.or lo tlia New York Tribune: The grout kingdom of Dar-Fur oilers a rich fluid for Borne mture explorer, it has never been entered by q Europeun, and the extensive regions it encloses are supposed to iii r ii 1b h the key to the system of rivers und ni'iuntaiii-chuiim of Central Africa. Through ihe fear and jealuuBy of its rulers, nostrunger has liiiherto been allowed to puns ha borders. Of late, however, the relations between tho Egyptian rultTB iii Soudan and the U ii I tun of Dar-Fur have been quite amicable, and if nothing occurs to disturb this harmony there is some hope l hut the bun will be removed. Lai t if I'asha in formed mo that he had written lo the Sultan in behalf ot Capt. I'eel, who wished to pass through Dar-Fur and reach IJornou. He hud as yet received no answer, but an unofficial iiitimnlion tliat the Sultuii would ro ply, giving Capt. I'eel permission to travpl in it, but not to pass beyond it. If this should prova true, the Captain Iiub lost, by his busty return, a chance to distinguish himself and contribute lo the world's knowledge. There is an almost continual war between the Hultana of Uornou and Dar-Fur, utid the Pacha is of the opinion that it is impossible to traverse Africa from east to west, in the line oi these stutes. A circumstance occurred lately, which may help to open Dnr Fur to Europeans. The Sitteh (Lady) Gow-iikin, the aunt of Sultan Adah, the present monarch of that kingdom, is a zealous Moslem, and lately deter-' mined to make a pilgrimage lo the gravoof the l'roiihet. Who arrived here in August, accompanied by a lure .retinue of ollicers, attendants and slaves, and alter remaining a few diiys descended the Nile to El Mckhey-ref, crossed the Desert to Sowukin, on the Red Hen, and suited ilieiico for Djiddu, tlio port of Mecca. During her stay Lattif 1'imlm was exceedingly courteous to her, introducing her lo bis wives, bestowing upon her handsome presents, and furnirOiing her with boats and camuls for her journey. Dr. Iteiiz availed himself of the occasion lo make tlio people of Dar-Fur better acquainted with Europeans. All llie Frank residents assembled at bis h'lUHo, in Christian costume, and pro ceedeil lo the residence ol the Lady Sowakiu. They found her in state, with two Murk slaves on their bauds and knees, motionless before her. Un ouch side stood her ollicers and interpreters. Hhe was veiled, us well aa her female attendants, and oil exhibited the greatest surprise and curiosity nt the appearance of the Franks. Tho gifts they laid belore her silks, fine soaps, cosmetics, bon-bons, i-o. she examined with childish delight, and when iho Consul informed her that the only object of tho Europeans in wishing to en-tor Dar-Fur whs to exchange such objects as these for gum rind elephant's teeth, she promised to persuade Wuhan Adah to open his kingdem to them. The next dny her principal officers visited the Consul's house atid spent a long lime examining its various wonders. The pictures, books and furniture lilled the in with astonishment, and they went from one object to another, like children, uttering exrlamaiions of surprise nml delight. What moat startled them wan a box of Inciter mutches, which passed beyond their comprehension. They regarded the match with superstitious awe, and seemed to consider tint the lire was produced by some kind of magic. Their relation of what they saw o excited the curiosity of the Ltidy Sow alt in tlmt she camu the following day, Willi her women. She was no less astonished limn her attend-ants had been, hut was most ottracled by the Consul's Lrire mirror. 8 tie and her women spent half an hour bofuro it making gestures, and unable to comprehend how they were mimicked by the reflected figures. As she was unacquainted with its properties, aim threw back her veil to see whether the image would show her lace. The Consul was standing behind her, and thus caught sight ol her features ; she was black, with a strongly inailced but not unpleasant countenance, and about hrty-tivo ynars of age. He hud a breakfast prepared for the holies, but on renching the room the utteudiinis all retired, and he was inlormeif that the women of rank in Dar-Fur never eat in Ihe preence of men. After they hud finished (he repiisl, he observed that they hud nut only purttken heartily of the various European dishes, but had taken with them what they could not eat, so that the table exhibited nothing hut empty dishes. When they left, the Lmly reiterated her promise, and added that if the Consul would visit Dar-Far, the Sultan would certainly present him with many camel-loads of elephants' teeth, in consideration of his courtesy to her. She is expected here shortly, on her return, and if she perform her promise, Dr. Rrii. will be the first to enter (he Kingdom. ENGLISH LUXURY. Few persons are aware of the wealth and splendor that surround many of ihe English nobles in their princely residences. The following are specimens : THE EAHL 0- SPKNCKR. " The Earl of Spencer's homestead, about sixty miles from London, comprises ten thousand acres, tastefully divided into parks, meadows, pastures, woods and gar-dons. His library, cnlled tho finest private library in th world, contains lit ty thousand volumes. Extensive and elegant Biables, green houses and conservalo-rips, game keeper's houses, dairy house, dog kennels, porter's lodge, and farm houses without number, go to complete tho establishment. Hundieds of sheep and cattle graze in the parks about ihe house." THK DUKK or RICHMOND. "The Dukn of Richmond's home-farm at Greenwood, sixty miloi from London, consists of twenty-three thousand acres, or over thirty-five square miles. And lliia is in crowded Kugland, which has a population of sixteen millions, and an area ol lilty thousand square miles, or just thirty-two millions of acres ; giving, were the laud divided, but two acres to each inhabitant. The residence of the Duke is a perfect palace. One extensive hall is covered with yelluw silk, and pictures in the richest and most costly tapestry. Tlio dishes nnd plutes upon the table are all of porcelain, silver ami gold. Twenty-live race hornci stand in the stable, eacli being assigned to the care of a special groom. A grotto near the limue, the ludies spent six years in adorning. An aviary is supplied with al most every variety of elegant birds. Lurce herds of cattle, sheep, and deer, are spread over the immense lawns." THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE " Tho Duke of Devonshire's place, at Chutsworih, is said to excel in magnificence any other in the kingdom. The income of the Duke is oue million of dollars a year, and ha is said to spend it all. In the grounds about tho house are kept 4ti0 head of cattle and 1,400 doer. Tho kitchen garden contains 12 acres and is lilled with almost every apecies of fruit and vegetables. A vast aboretum, connected with the establishment, is designed to contain a sample of everv tree that trmws. There is also a glass conservatory, three hundred and eighty-soven feet in length, nue hundred and twelve in breiulih. sixly-Boen in height, covered bv seventv-iix thousand feet of glass, and wanned by seven miles of pipe conveying hot water. One plant whs obtained from India by a special messenger, and is valued at tea thousand dollar. One of the fountain near the homo plays two hundred and seventy-six feet bit-di said lo be the highest jet in tho world. Clmlawnrth contains thirty-live hundred acres; hut the Duke owns ninety-six, thousand acres in Derbyshire. The entire mansion is into vast Bceue of painting, sculptuM, and mosaic work, carved wainscoting, and all the elegancies and luxuries within tho reach of aliuoal boundless weulth and highly refined tuste." More Hiiitish Gold. Tho following from the AVw York Tribune, is additional evidence that the surplus gold of liritiiiii is finding an investment in the railroad stocks and county bouda of tig's country. Of course gold wont go abroad while this movement progrei but it is very evident that we are piling up an mouse debt, to be paid or repudiated at some future day : "The Bieamer brought large orders for Amoricnn Securitiea, principally the best descriptions of Railroad Honda. We heard of on rr bases of about sTdn nun .d' these bonds to day, of which Mussrs. Winslow, l.nnier & Co., sold trt).Qiil), indudiug parcels of f UMI.OllO, nd $1511,000 respectively. Therewerealsnsomesnles l State Stocks to go abroad. The private letters by SL r "e,im',r "lm'tK ,,f B" Rc'ive market for Americnn i nn market nan neen cleared of V rg n a (is, -"v, nuitu an auvBuce. M.nk.. ,,. i pn.i. I..., i... "! ' wun the hour. What is strange, he appeared tW.?r.k xtuu'"d at the end of tho sixth than the ZIP COON AMONG THE ARABS. The National Intelligencer baa a comical correspond out who bus traveled over the East with one eye for the curious, and olio for the fun of the thing. We gave an extract from his description of the Harem, in ano her column. The following adventure is rut her rich and readable: While we were looking at tho ruins, Yusef came came back I rout ihe village, winch ts a little way otl on the slope of the hill, with news that he hud found u lodging pluce for us at the Jiouho of his niece, lty this nine we begun to have a smpiciou ol 1 usei s nieces, he had so many all over Syria. At liatroun he had nieces, at Tripoli and Ahedeu be had nieces, and uow hero was another at Bun I beck, and the strangest part oi it was mat iney were all very pretty. However, as wo had no prejudice against beauty, wo followed our draco man no into the viiiuio, where we found bin niece and her husband living in u stone hut, rather a more decent sort of hovel than the most ol those in the neighborhood. It was, in truth, a very respectable little stone box, covered over with mud, with a pluce for lire in one corner, and a groat many little pockets in the wulls all round, where there were stowed on. ions, tobacco, and sundry small notions for pleasure and siistennnce. The host was an Arub of the country, a very good sort of fellow, who seemed lo have but two objects in life to accomplish one to see that his wife kept her face covered, uud Iho other to keep the roof of his house from leaking ; 1 hardly know which trouoieu mm trie most, me wue was a pretty buxom young woman, with line black eyes and a beautiful mouth, which she look every opportunity todispluy, in spite of the vigilance of our host, who was constantly on the watch, when be was not on the top of IhohoiiBU. Hn kept a round stone a piece of an old pillar found among the ruins which 1m was almoHt continually nilling over the top of tho house : sometimes he would roll it for an hour, and thou come down and look after his wile and smoke his chibouk ; but the presontiment was evidently uppermost in his mind that it would rain some time or other, and to work he would go again, hopping nil over the room with one foot while lie kept the slnue in motior, with the other. The poor fellow was actually a victim to conjugal felicity. Ju traveling through Syria, as in oilier parts of the world, I always carried my flute with me to relieve tho lonely hours at uight and excite a social feeli ig among i ne natives, i niiu nuiud inV wuv. alter the hh limn ni Goldsmith, through many u ditlietilty ; and now I was resolved to see what the mugic of music would do in removing the prejudices of the Arabs. As soon as it was dark we bad u good fire lit in the corner, and, pulling oil' our shoes, as custom required, wo sprend our mats close by, and sril duwn cosily to enjoy the cheerful blaze, my IrieudH (the Southerner utui the English Captain) smoking their chibouks, while I brought tbrih my knapsack and commenced minimi iho oieeenof niv time together, The Arabs, who hud begun to crowd in, woio greatly in turns ted in the strange instrument that I was getting under way ; and Yuef, whu wbh rather proud of his superior civilization, sat by enjoy-itig their remarks and giving us a running interpretation. Some thought it was a sort of piafol, with a large touch hole; but this notion was ridiculed by the more knowinc ones, who siiid it was iHuin euoin-h to see that it was u new-fashioned pipe, and that they would soon see me put the bowl in it, and begin to smoke. At last 1 cot all the nieces ud justed, ami com manding silence by a mysterious motion of iho hand, commenced playing that classical air of " Old Zip Coon," which I dure say never wim heard beforoaniong tho ruins of Baulhek. There was the most breathless attention on all sides, interrupted only by suppressed exclamations of tahib! lahib! (good! good ! ) whenever I blew h very shrill or false unto ; and soon the women and children from Hie neighboring houses began! to crowd in, and there wua gradually a largo circle! formed around the room, the audience squatting down , in rows till there was scarcely space enough left to oreuuio. i inew away wim all my might, lor not only wus i exriled by the success ot my experiment, but rather inspired by the niu-ic I was' makum. which 1 assure you was not bud. '1 ho Inmiliar airs of home made me sentimental, and I merued into Ihe doleful uir of "Give mo back my heart again; oh! give it back again ! " which was a misenihle failure ; not a damsel seemed disponed to listen to it. They commenced, in the very middle of the most pathetic strain, to call for the first tune; so 1 b id to return to "Old Zip Coon ." When I had concluded, there was no end to the tahib; Mr. Comi was a decided hit. In order to vary the entertainment, bilenco was commanded ayuin, and. Yusef whs desired to explain iiiai mere wouiu no n song; that it was a song ol an old black gentleman who lived in Ameiica. who wn a I'asha among the blacks; that he was called Uncle Ned because lie was so very venerable, and, being very old, the hair all fell nut of his bead, and there was no hair nt all in the place- where the hair ought to grow ; that ho hid n't any eyes lo see with, and consequently, was as blind as a post, or a (Mono wall, or any thing else that is supposed to 1m deficient in eyes; that neither had he teeih to eat bread with, and he had to let tho bread alone and eat something elsej that his fingers were ns long us canes in tlio brake, which was about an average ol sixteen feet : and. evenlunllv. thai one day when he w,ia out in the field, a horrible monster called Grim Death cnme along nnd cunaht him by tho heel and carried him oway, and he was nevor lieurd of any moro except in this song, which wan written in commemoration of all these fiicts. Thereupon, having excited the most profound interest in the history of Uncle Ned, 1 launched forth into the song, keeping as near the tune as posaible, and going throupli 'ill the motions desctiplive of (he baldness nl fits head, Ihe absence of his teeth, and the length of his lingers. At lenglh, when 1 arrived at the final catastrophe, where Grim Death seizes the old gentleman by the heel, I made a sudden motion at the lied of our worthy bout, who was sitting near by, completely upsetting him with fright, and causing a laugh fiom the audience that seemed us if it would never come to nu eud. It was the best bit of the evening, and completely removed alt constraint, 4 CONDITION OF EUROPE. Tho literature of the Continent durinir ihe last few years has been essentially political, revolutionary and warlike. Out of ten historical works, seven at least speak to us from a favorable point ol view, or other wise ot a revolution now extinct: out of ten polemical, political, economical, or other works, seven at least proclaim or combat a revolution about to tnko place. The lirst bear the impress of terror, the hist are full of gigantic hopes, Ihongh most imperfectly deliued. balm has tied (mm Ihe minds ol writers. Poetry is Horn, ns ii iriMiiencu ny ine storm now gniiiering in uie hearts oi men. itnmaiu e becomes rarer everv lay; it would liud no readers. Pure art is a mvth. Style itself is changed when it is not commonplace, when it retains something of that individual originality which every stvlo might io havo. it is sharp, cut litis. biting. The pen seems, ns it were, HwonUlmped ; all tho world Gunks and writes as if it felt itself on tho eve ot a battle. From the midst of this tempest which we point out necaiiBo to s'eep is to perish amid tho storm, voices are heard exclaiming, " lie ware I Societv is in dancer. Anarchy threatens us. The baibarians are at our fjitlea. Kevolulionadestroy all the guarantees of order; Irom change to change we are pliim-ino into noihimr licss. Wo have conceded too much ; wo must retrace our steps and strengthen power at all price." Oth voices reply lo ihein, " It is too Lite, your society dead, corrupted ; hasten to bury it. Tho salvation of die world is in us, m nu entirely new order ot tilings, a society loutided upon a basisdiametncally opposed to yours." Flags cross each other in ih air in infinite variety. Liberty, Authority, Nationality, 1H1T. Labor, Property, Mchti, Duties, Atsoriation, Imliriiiualim all devices are Been. It is tho niuht of tho Urnckshore a son el intellectual and moral chaos, to which scarce ly anything nutiogous u to be found, unless we go hack some eighteen renluries in the history of Ihe world, lo the fall of the Human Empire, when the an cient gods were dying when the human mind was wavering between tlio sceptical epicurism ol ihe masters and tho aspiration of Ihe slaves to iho Unknown Gon; when the earth trembled under the atena of un known races, impelled by a mysterious, irresistible power towards Iho centre of European society, IVett- winner Kcvuw. "Insanity of a Stramsimi Cattain. Cunt. Floyd of the steamer Warkinaion. was discovered to be par tially insane en the last passage out Irom New York to 11 re men. Nothing ol a serious nature occurred, however, until the steamer approached the English coast, when ihe chief ollicerdiscovereil that there was not a sullicient supply of coals, tint the chronometers nail been altered by uapt, r i.oyd, and that bo bail more than once ntiemnted to run bis line shirt ashore Micounterinp heavy winds, she was put into Mil lord Haven, nt which port he nnin attempted to run tho hip on a ledgo of rocks, but was prevented bv Ihe ollicers. With great difliculiv the Contain was secur ed, and when Ihe steamer arrived at Southampton, iho American consul, ir. uhoskky, Hold a consultation with a jury of medical men, who declared him insane ami had him sent to a Lunatic Asylum. Cm. Enq. Capt. Floyd has since recovered, and is now enjoy. ing good health again. He was formerly master of tlio steamer Louisiana, that run between Hull'ido and Chicago. Any man who would rob a printer would walk to caiuorma without shoes lo savou pntttrr when there, would ride on n sharp-hacked horse to the mines nnd then nig lor gold with his lists, teet, head, and elbows, twenty-three hours out ol Ihe iwenty-four lor sixteen years. Aye, such a man would smoke other's stubs woar nothing but thrown oil rag picker's shirts, and steal gruel Irom his hither m tho agonies of death. The power of Jenny Lind's voice may bo In some measure understood, when it la staled that it was distinctly heard more than a quarter of a mile Irom the Tnwu Hall on the evening of her concert at Northnmp-ton.At a dancing frolic at McOonnelsville. Ohio, on the night of Monday, the 10th instant, John Loezer dirked Samuel Ott'ord five timet in the side. Leaser was arretted, and Otiord it U expected will recofor. tumorous. A RICH BURLESQUE. Wo find the following grave notice in a lale number of tho Cincinnati Atlas : New Books). Evenings with the Si'Irit Hapi'F.rs: or, Spritual Conversations with ihe DEPARTED FOGIESbeiug a correct report of disclosures made by certain indi-viduals now resident in n future state ; through the agency of the celebrated Germaii medium, Miss Samiella Hellrigglfi. Accurately rendered by J. X. Swipes, adept and phonographer. Detroit: Messrs. Huuidrtim and Fillibuster. Cincinnati: Messrs. Gammon and Doubledeal. 1'p. U84. Illustrated. This title induced us to look farther. We found some very rich and racy extracts, which we copy below. As we know the editor of the Atlat to be an inveterate wag, mid withal admirably skilled in this lu dicrous species of composition, we suspect he knows moro about the book than ho hus revealed. Wo intra ducu the following as a rare specimen in its lino: , rWehoneto give on another occasion, a Bketch of the person, character and qualities of the celebrated German medium, Miss Samiella Hellrtggle, selected i tor her eminence in her medical profession, as the or gan fur communication; but we must confine ourselves to the remark that with the exeepnon ot a want of a full knowledge of tho English language which sometimes produces ludicrous effects oh e appears exceed ingly acute ana well qualllieu.J ivir. swipes My dear Miss HeiiriL'Klo will vou louse inquire if 1 may communicate with tho spirit v .i... i, run i 1 Miss Hellricgle Y'aas (raps on the tabled pes de, speerilof GenAuisdown dere? Hap. (A single rap ib yes , iwo rups iio.j Ho is dere, Meester Swipes. Ees you 'appy, Gen-feats 1 Rup, rap. He ees not 'appy, Meester Swipes. What is the mutter, Genfcaig? liap, rap, rap. He calls lor thy alfleohit, Moester Swipes. Calls over ihe alphabet, and spells out " musty hay, no oats." Mr. S. What does this mean ? Who nre yon tulk-iug with 1 Ask him his name. Miss H. Vat ees your name, Geiikans? Calls over the nlphabot and spells, " bee haw. heo haw." Hn is either oue shackass or one Fotawatomy Indian. Eon you a shackass rap. Ho in a shackass. I mudo von Icetle ineeBtuke, tint ish all. Alter some dilhculty the communication is eflected with sutlicient correctness to procure a response Irom the proper pers m. The General, too, complains like his predecessor on the stand, of short commons thinks the confinement dues not npreo with his fieulih talks of leaving ami inquires it there it not some good wa-, ter-cure establishment above ground, where ho could go and recuperate. We omit this portion of tho dia- igue.J Miss If. Veil, General, vat vou (ink of nodder nres- idenliul race T eh ! Gen. O.Race! Don't tflk of races. Since that infernal article in the Democratic fieview, tho idea ives me the dyspepsia. However, it they 'J rub mo down well, make the distance only a quarter, and iet i Old Chip, to agree to run slow, 1 'It try it. I want dome good, strong horse medicine. Miss II. Vat s your opinion ot de Compromise 7 Gen. C lwish tho dous had it. It compromised mo. and that 's all the good it did. I tried to dodge it, and ii pea niysen. i lease mm oi someimng else. Miss II. Veil den, General, if you ees nominated ' vill you take the stump T I Gen. U. IVo. 1 took a ttump in Ihe late wnr. and i broke my sword in the operation. It wont do to try tloit experiment again. 1 must have something new. Miss ri. lieneral, valilui you mean by tho Nichol son letter? (en. C Mean ! I meant precisely what I didn't say, of course. The people do n't understand my po nil ion. I held the of ice of political supervisor, and set ; up guide-boards to point up one road and down the oi her. Wasn't that riylit? Iain writing a commentary on that letter in seventeen volumes, printed to correspond with my life of Louis Pbillippu. The people , ed instruction, ; Miss H. What you tink of Mister Douglas 7 Gen. C Don't say a word. He's n particular ml, and I shouldn't like to tell what 1 thought of him. He's a race horso of the blood of Youn Amer- with limb, wind, speed und bottom. I sent nn n grill to buy him oil the course, but his prico is too lliti. Whiit shall 1 do? , Miss II. How long vas you vmi Democrat? G.mi. C I crossed the Alleghnnies forty vents nco. on loot, with only a silver dollar in my pocket, I have seen Hub great country rise and grow Irom the stump. Miss H You vns in de armee 1 Gen. C I served my country till I broke mv sword : then I retired to tho shades of civil life, nnd Miss H. Edited von Federal Gazette I Gen- C Hush, my dear lady; do not apeak so loud. Here is Buchanan staiidiug by. He'll claim me for a brother, and try to aieaf my ihunder, if be finds it out. Aliss II. You vas vou great friend ol Louis Phi ¬ lippe? j Geu. U. 1 liked him well, until ho ost his throne: what goed could my affection do him after that? Miss h. llow many time avo you saved your conn- "'''' . lien, i). As near us 1 can calculate, about sixteen. Miss H. Ees you for intervention, or not T Gen. C Holh. Head my speech in Iho Senoto. I argued one way, and proved the other. I saved the country then. Miss II. Veil, dcneral, vol you link of do demo- cm ty platform ? den. U. t latiorm ! No platforms lor mo. P mi nimis havo been my ruin. 1 never could mount a plat form, 1 never could gut on Iho right side. There's no such thing as a Democratic ptiitloriu. If a man su limits to be a caudidato now a-days, he must he able to stand on one end ns well as the other. If you must build a platform for mo, remember to set it on edge, so that I can mount astride of it. Miss H. Vat is your pinion of do proprialion for rivers and harbors ? Gen. C What's that you say 7 Miss 1L Vai's your 'pinion of de rivers and har bors 7 Gen. C My dear lady, I'm Very much fatigued. The spirit world is full of noise and contusion. I can not hear your questions, nor enter ns fully into the sub ject yon present, as is nucessary to define my position ; excuse me. ( i no (aides and cimirs dance around the room.) Alias II. (iineraf! Gineral! . 1 lo ish gone. The KNicKKunocKER. Tho May number of the Knickerbocker is chatty and agreeable as usual Iu its Editor's Table" wise, witty and amusing iu its con tents generally. Among the former we hud the t id-low ing: " In the eastern part of Delaware county, in this State, there resides n inuu named Ii , uow a Justice ol the Peace, and n very sensible man, but, by common consent, iho ugliest-looking individual in tho whole county j being Jong, gaunt, sallow and awry, with a gait like a kangnrou. One day, ho was nut hunting, and on one of the mountain roads he met a man ou toot nnd alone, who was longer, gaunter, uglier, by all odds, limn himself. He could give the ' Hijuuro lilty, and beat him. Mhutit saying u word, It raised his gun and deliberately leveled It at ihe stranger. ' tor God's sake, dun t shoot! 1 shouted the mun, in great alarm ' biranger, replied I) swore, ten years ago, that if 1 ever met a man uglier than I was, I'd shoot him; and you are tho liiat one I've seen.' l he stranger, atter taking a careful survey oi ins 'rival,' replied: VYnl, captam, if l look any worse than you do, shutet 1 don't want to live no longer!'" A " Great Medicine," as the Indians term it, in Ma ryland, from whom we shall always be pleased to hear, sends us two or throe items, the perusal of which may assist digestion : " A worthy physician of our city, a member of the Society of Friends, has a favorite negro coachman who happens to bo n Methodist. Not only is "Sam" a Methodist, but he is also an bright and shining a light in the Church as it is possible for such a piece of ebony to be. Yon know, 1 presume, now the biacKS couuuci ineir devotions. Well, barn whs in the habit of selecting his master's kitchen ns the scene of ihe social meetings which he led; and these religious services were not conducted entirely on the plnn which a Quaker would altogether approve. The Doctor, however, is famous for bis good nature, and In endured tho boisterous piety of bin .servant and hia friends with wonderhil equanimity. One ni;iht, however, when they had been unusually " powerful in prayer," the Doctor thought proper to ndminisier a gentle reproof. So, the meeting over, ihe Eoahms coachman was summoned before his muster. "Sam," anli! iho old gentleman, " why does theo make so much noise iu prayer? Doesn't tliee know that the Almighty is not far otl', but nih unto thee; neither in his ear deaf, that ho cannot hear? Ho can hear theo aa well when thee whispers as when then twin." " Mnflsa Doctor," replied Ham, full of confidence in Ins superior theological lore, "you Isn't rend do scrip-tors wid no kind ob 'tcnlion." How an. Snm?" " Why, you done forgot, 'peitra to me, how it aayadar, plain as kin be, ' Hollered bo dy name !' " MISERIES. To snuff the candle out in company. To be joked about a lady whom you secretly dislike. To bo obliged to confess poverty to a dim. To ntnke a good pun at which nobody laughs but yourself. Talking with the Indies to he met bv n drunken friend who insists on speaking to you. Tight boots on a hot summer's day. A short bed on a cold winter's night. ' Disliking bnbtes, to bo obliged through courtesy to dandle your friend's "pretty little sweety," lor an hour or so, . Unluckily enlisting yourself on the wrong side of an argument, when you have ladies and learned men to oppose. Visiting a young lady for the 6rst time, and as you are introduced treading on her favorite cat's tail. HESMERISERS. A few years ago the following story was beard in the earn on the road between Albany and buffalo-One of the conversante, it seems, was a mesmeriser a regular " professor." Ho was dilating upon its rapid development tho astonishing discoveries developed through its agency. Finally ho got upou his superiority as a " professor," a congenial theme and here be was at home. After narrating a variety of experiments' Bome of them astounding, of course he spoke of the following with a gusto that was irresistible. Suid he: ''Last week as I was going through one of the streets of Rochester, I saw a person to whom I was anxious to senk. He walked too last for me to overtake him wiihout running, so I just straightened out my arm ; concentrated my will, made a pass at him thus and he stopped quicker than lightning." " Why, Mister, you don't call that much of trick, do you? " " les, sir, i rather natter my sen, sir, mat it was a pretty strong demonstration.' " Well, it don't begin with what I once did." "Then you are familliar with tho Science, sir, I pre sume ' Some." " Might I incjuire what was the case you spoke of! " " O, certainly. Why you see, 1 happened to be go-ing up to Uatavia. once in the winter. Going down to the cars, I saw a man ou the top of a building, Bhnvel- mg oft snow. Pretty soon his loot slipped, and down he came. When he had got about half-way down, I just made a pass at him, and it stopped him quicker itiun powder ! 1 came oil without thinking anymore about it. If you nre going to Uatavia, 1 wish you would just let him down, for I presume he is hanging there yet ! " The " Professor " handed over his hat. Legal Anecdote. It is said that Judge T , formerly the presiding justice of our common pleas, un der the old regime, was engaged at one time trying a criminal whu had been stealing the goods of a merchant. His guilt wus clearly established, but a question arose as to tho value of the stolen articles, and on the determination of tfioir value depended, under the statute, Ihe fact whether it was grand larceny, punish-uhle by imprisonment iu the penitentiary, or petit lar-cency, punishable by confinement iu the county jail and by fine. The jury, after being out for some time, cnme into court for specific instructions, saying, if the value of the goods were found ut their wholesale price, nt which they wero purchased by their owner, it would amount to petit larceny only; but if found at the retail prico, it would be grand larceny, and thoy wished to no iiitormeu as to their duty in tins respect. Judge T , who was eminent for his practical com mon sense, if not for his legal attainments, charged the jury as follows: j uoiiBidermg the way m which the prisoner obtained the possession of the goods, I do not think the State of Ohio could well afford to let him have them at lose than the retail piuce." I 1m result of the chargo may bo readily imagined. Cincinati Atlas. Childish Simi'licity. " Mother," said a bright lit tle girl, " is hell a hot place 7" licing a little puzzled what reply to make, the mother answered ' Yes," ' I hen, said the little gtrl, " Why do n't they turn the lamperT" Agricultural. A COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE. No one can journey through any auction of the conn-1 try without being impressed with the fact, that school houses are, generally, constructed without taste, convenience, or even comfort. Located in the geoL'ranlii- cal ceniro of the district be that on a bleak hillside or in a frog-pond -erected at as little cost ns possible, with nothing wiihout or within lo make it attractive with no grounds save the public highway belonging to it like some relic of the past, stands tho school house. Popular seutimeutdemauds belter schools and mure highly qualified tenrhors, than it did twenty years since ; but in tew iiisinnuos, has a correspond ing improvement been made In the edifices devoted to the primary, atid almost the only education of children. 1 ho Architect id Nature has not failed tu scatter In aliens of beauty thick over our laud, and scarce a good district can bo found where a proper site for a model building does not invite attention. The additional expense of erecting a building iu this style is not worth u moment's consideration iu comparison with the resultsgrowing out of iho change. The love of the beautiful in instinctive in childhood, and only the nar row prejudice of self-seeking man can see nothing to udinire iu the loveliness of nature, or in the propor tions oi art. nexi io mo aitraciions oi tne home lire-lido, the school should be the most desirable and in viling place. Hero does mind receive its Hist impressions and form its tastes and character. Here docs the boy fix bin standard of attainment, acquire his notions of gentilily and propriety, and first learn to compare himself with others. An uir of neatness and elegance should be given to the school house, nnd in point of finish, decoration and furniture it should equal the best apartment of a private residence. Children would respect such a building, would love lo bo in it, and wh it is more, would form there, habits of propriety which would save the mnumany a bitter lesonof mortification. Children initiate tho manners ot those around them, and rudeness is no more nut urn 1 thiiti politeness, this is not mere speculation. We have seen a school house which had been in constant use for three years, upon whose carpet there wero no marks of gormandising tastes of scholars, whose nent- iy stained desKs showed no sign ot the aukee proclivi ty to whittle, whose walls were disfigured with no semi-barbaric artistic designs; yet there hud been no blows struck in that school, there were no rules to pro-vent injury to tho building. A gentleman had taught the schaol, nnd as naturally as effect follows cause, gentlemanly and lady-like scholars were in attendance. it is needless to remark that intellectual improvement wns in perfect keeping with advance in other respects. Thousands of dollars are wisely laid out every year in erecting churches after the best models, and decorating (hem according to the most approved standards of taste; and why should uot equal pride be taken in combining beauty and fitness in the district school house? If architecture bo the expression of ideas of beauty, if it has a meaning, will not six days in a beautiful school house do more in impressing the mind with a correct taste, than one in a beautiful church 7 Each lias it appropriate place, is associated with its peculiar id'-as, but in point of Importance are so nearly allied that they should not widely diti'er. Albany Cultivator. The White Native Grape. You osk for somo information relative to a while native grape, cultivated ny me. i win give you as briefly as i can, the history of it. The batiks of tho Pnwtuckawny (a small branch of tne i.ampnrey nvor.j niiouud witn wild grape ; to that in the spaco of two miles you may meet with twenty different kinds, all of which this vine originated from seeds, nnd from one of which this vine originated. The old vine appears to be aixty or seventy years old ; it stands in a cold, rocky, uncultivated spot, and climbs some large maples, flourishing without cultivation. I have known it for eighteen years, and naver but what it has borne some every year. Tho fruit is from one third to double lbs uiro of the Isabella with us ; it ii rather of a drab color, but when very white of a reddish cast, quite sweet, und with a very whito aroma. I have never known it mildew, which most of ihe white varieties do. The fruit is largeron Uncultivated than the old stock, but it does not get its full flavor till the vines have homo two or ibreo years, or till the mots get strong. It is pcrlectly hardy iu our climate, and usually ftops growing about the first of September. 1 lie Irutt ripens about Iho middle ol the month in com mon sanBoiis.and will Keep for some lime. It is a good bearer; a neighbor has a vine about ten years old, (a layer from tho oh! vine,) which for tho last two years has borne more than three bushels each yeiir of very tine fruit. When planted on the sou In side of a build ing, it frequently ripens a week earlier. They are now scattered through thewholo of New England, and one lot in Now York. About two years ago I nlnnted some small vinea nn a high, dry knoll in the open hold, to teat their growing on high, dry ground, and I have never seen any grow better. Whenever I have sent the fruit as a specimen, it hus invariably given perfect satisfaction ; atid should it prove sdapted tu tho wnnts of tho people, I shall feel injBelt richly rewarded for my inmnie. u. u. Harvey. Kpping, N. If. Wo huvo been hoping for seme time to find a native whito grape that should vie with the Isabella or Catawba, but all that we have yet met with have been bo strongly impregnated with the Fox flavor as to entirely unlit them for table fruit. We hope tho above is an exception; and, as we never like to "give up the ship," will endeavor to give it a fair trial. Plough, i.wm ana Anru. Meadows and old Fields. If yon have anv mead ows or old holds that oro sward hound, or which bore but indifferent crops of bay last season, give them a thorough harrowing as soon as the Irost it out of tho surface, while the ground in soft, then bow to each acre lour quart ol timothy seed, ten pounnt oi clover seed, one bushel of plaster of Paris, live bushels of wml ashoB, nnd live bushels of newly slaked lime, alt well mixed, anu nnisii ott by rolling. werteam Agricultu Fruit. Th McOonneNvill", Morgan county, 0, Chronicle, of the lilth nit., aavs: " Tito prospect for n nood crop of apples in thi county is very flattering. We also learn that our tieipiibornol Washington county will have a full sup. ply of thin fruit the present vcar." The Hucyrus, Crawford county, 0., Forum, of the I4ih iust., says: From present appearances, wn nre going to have an abundant nnpply of apples this season. The trees are very full of blossoms. The cherry and plum trees bid fair for a luxuriant yield. Peaches are all killed. We learn that ih prospect for an abundant crop of apples was never better in Franklin county. Of cher ries, there will be a medium crop. Peaches will be 1 scarce, and, of course, in demand. itcrary. BI.EAK HOUSE. A KKW WORK BY CHARIKS DICKK.SS. CHAI'TtR VI. QUITE AT HOMK. The day had brightened very much, und still bright ened as we went westward. We went on our way through the sunshine and the fret.li air, wondering more and more ut the extent of the streets, the bril liancy of the simps, the great traffic, nnd I he crowds ot people whom the pleasunter weather seemed t have brought out like many-colored flowers. By-and by we began to leave the wonderhil city, and to pro. need through suburbs, which, of themselves, would have made a pretty large town in my eyes; and at last we got into a real country road again, with windmill, rickyurda, milestones, farmers' wagons, scents of old hay, swinging Bigns and horso troughs, trees, tteids. and hedge-rows. It was delightful to see the green landscape before ua, and the immense metropolis be hind ; and when a wagon with n tram ol oeuutilul Horses, lurnished with red trappings and clear-sound ing bells, came by us with its music, I believe wo could all three have sung tu the bells, so cheerful were itie imiuences around. ' Hie whole road hsis been reminding me cl my namesake, Whiltington,' said Richard, 'and that wag on in the liuistiilig touch. Halloa I what s the malter? Wo had stopped, and the wagon had stopped ton. Its music changed as Ihe horses came to a stand, and subsided to a gentle tinkling, except when a hmse tossed bin head, or shook himself, and sprinkled off a little Biioweror boil-ringing. 'Our postillion Is looking after the wagoner,' said Richard; 'and the wngon is coming back after us. (Jood dav. friend!' The wagoner was at our coach door. Why, here's an extraordinary thing! added Richard, looking closely at tho man. 'He has got your name, Ada, in his hat ! ' He had all our numeB in his hat. 1 ucked within the band, were three small notes; one, addressed to Ada; one, to Richard; one lo me. These tho wagoner delivered to each of us respectively, reading ihe name aloud first. In answer to Richard's inquiry f rom whom they came, ho briefly an-wered, ' Master, sir, if you please ; ' und putting on his hat again ( which was like a soft bowl), cracked his whip, re-uwnkened his music, and went mol odiously away. ' is that Mr. .larndyce a wagon said itichard, call ing to our postboy. ' 1 us, sir, he replied. i ming to London. We opened iho notes. Each wan a counterpart of the other, and contained these words, in a solid, plain hand: ' I look forward, my dear, to our meeting easily, and without constraint on either side. I therefore have to propose that we meet as old friends, and take the pant for granted. It will be a relief to you possibly, uud to ine certainly, and so my love to you. JOHN ilAJtNPYCE. I had perhaps less reason to be surprised than either of my companions, having never yot enjoyed an op. portunity of thanking one who had been my benefactor and side earthly dependence through so many years. I had not considered how I could I hank him, my gratitude lying tno deep in my heart for thai ; but 1 now began to consider how I could meet him without tha' king mm, and felt it would he very ditlicult indeed. The notes reviver), in Richard and Ada, a general impression that ihe.y both hud, wiihout quite knowing how they came by it, that their cousin Jarndyco could never bear acknowledgments Ibrany kindness he p(r. formed, and that, sooner than to receive any, he would resort to the most singular expedients nnd evasions, or would even run away. Ada dimly remembered to have heard her mother tell, when she was a very little child, that be hail done her an act of uncommon gene- j rosity, and that on her going to his house lo thank him, be happened to see her through the window coming to the door, and immediately escaped by tho back gate, i nnd was not heard of for three mouths. This dis-j course led to a great deal more on the saioo theme, and indeed it lasted us all dnv, nnd we talked of scarcely anything else. If we did, by chanco, diverge into another subject, we. soon returned to this; and wondered what the house would be like, nnd Vhi-ii wo should get there, and whether we should see Mr. Jarndyce as soon as we arrived, or after delay, and what ho would say to us, and what we should say to him. All of which wo wondered about, over nnd over again. Ihe roads were very heavy lor tho horses, but the pathway wns generally good ; so we alighted and walked up all tho hills, and liked it so well lh;it we pro longed our walk on the level ground when we got to the top. At Harnet there were other horses waiting for us; but as they had only just been fed, we had to wait for them too, nnd got a Ions fresh walk, over a common and an old battle field, before the carriage came np. These delays bo protracted our journey. that the short day was spent, and the long night bad closed in, before we came to St. Albans ; near to which town ltleak House was, we knew. lty that time we were so anxious mid nervous, that even Iticbnrd confessed, an we rut tied over the stones of the old street, to feeling hp irrational desire to Irivo buck again. As to Ada and me, whom he had wrapped up with great care, the night being sharp and frosty, wo trembled from head to foot. When wo turned out of the town, round a corner, and Richard told us that the post boy, who had for a long time sympathized with our heightened expectation, wus looking hack and nodding, wo both stood up iu tho carriage (Richard holding Ada, lest she should be jolted down) and gazed round upon ihe open country and tho stnr- ngni ingiu, ior our oeiunaiion. i uere was alight ipnrkhng on a bill before us, and the driver, pointintr to it with his whip and crying. "Hint 's Bleak House!" put his horses into a canter, and took u8 forward at such a rate, up-hill (hough it was, that the wheel, sent the road drift flying about our heads, liko aprny from a water-mill. Presently wo lost tho sigln, presently saw it, preBently Inst it, presently saw it, und turned into an avonno of trees, and cantered up towards wiiitii ii was ileum inn; origony. it wan in a window ii what seemed to be an old lusinoned house, with three peaks in the roof in front, nnd a circular sweep leading to iho porch. A bell was rung ns we drew up, anil amidst tho sound of its deep voice in the still nir. and tho distant barking of somo dogs, and a gush of iigui irom me opened door, nnd the stroking and steaming of the heated horses, nnd iho quickened beating of our own hearts, we alighted in no inconsiderable confusion. Adn, my love, Eslher my dear, vim are welcome. I rejoice tu seo vou! Rick, if I had a hand tn snnt-A in I'rcBcni, i womu givu n you: The gentleman who said these words in a nlenr bright, hospitable voice, hud one nf his arms nrnmiH Ada's waist, and the other round mine, and kissed us both in a fatherly way, and bore us across tlio hall into a ruddy utile room, all iu a glow with a blazing tiro. Here he kissed us again, nnd. oiieninc his rm m.U us sit down side by side, on a sofa ready drawn out nunr the hearth. I felt that if we had been at all re- monsiraiive, ne would have run nway in a moment. f ' Now, Rick V said he, ' I have a hand at liberty. A word in earneBt is ns good ns a speech. I am heartily glnd to see you. Yon are at home. Warm yniirtelf.' Richard think him by both hnnds with nn intuitive mixture of respect and frankness, mid only saying, (though with an earnestness that rather alarmed me, I was an afraid of Mr. Jarndyce's suddenly disappearing.) ' You aro very kind, sirt Wo nre very much hliged to you !' laid aside his hat nod nni. mwl .., up to the firo. And how did you like the r do 7 Am how did v liko Mrs. Jollyby, my dear?' suid Mr. Jarndyce to Ai a. While Ada was speaking to him In run! v. T plnn mil (I need not say with how much interest) ut his face. It was a handsome face, full of change and motion; and his hair was a silvered iron-grey. I took him to be nearer sixty than fifty, but he was upright, Inrdy anil robust. From the moment of his first speaking to us, hit voice had connected itself with an association in my mind that I could not dehuo; but now, all at once a sudden something iu his manner, nnd a pleasant expression in his eyes, recalled the gentleman in the stage-coach, six years ayo, on tho niemnrahlu day of my journey io ihihuoir. i was certain thai u wns lie, I never was to frightened in my life at when I made tho discovery, for he caught my glance, and appearing to read my thoughts, gave such a look at tho door Ihut 1 thouL'lit wn had lost him. However, I am happy to aav be remained whore he wan, and asked me what thought of Mrs. Jellyby. one exerts norseu very much lor Alrlca. sir,' 1 s nd. Nobly ! ' returned Mr. Jarudvco. Bid vou answer like Ada.' Whom I had nut heard. '1 on all think something else, I tee.' We rather thought.' tatd I. clnncinpnt Richard and Ada, who entreated me with their eves lo speak, 'that perhaps she was a little unmindful of her homo.' ' r loored I ' cried Mr. Jarndyce. I wns rather alarmed again. Well ! 1 want to know your real thoughts, mv dear. I may have sent you there on purpose.' we thought that, perhaps,' said 1, hesilaling, ' it ts right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, n trhann, while those nre overlooked and neglected. no other duties ran jmssibly be substituted for them ! ' 1 lie littlo Jeiiybyn,' said Kichnrd, coining to my relief, 'aro really I can't help expressing myself strongly, sir in a devil of a state.' blio means well, said Mr. Jarndyce, nasiiiy. ' l ho wind 's in the east.' It wns in the North, sir, as wo came down,' observed Richard. ' My dour Rick,' said Mr. Jarndyce, poking the fitc; I'll take an oath it's either in the east, or gomg to be. I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation, uow and then, when the wind is blowing iu tho east.' I Rheumatism, sirt said Richard. I I dare say it it, Kick. 1 believe it is. And to the liitle Jell 1 bad my doubts about 'em are in aoh, Lord, yes, it 's easterly ! ' said Mr. Jarndyce. He taken two or three undecided turns up nnd down while uttering these broken sentences, retaining the porter in one hand, ana running ms uair with the other, with a good-natured vexation, at once tu whimsical and so lovenble. that I am sure wo wero more delight ed with him than we could possibly have expressed in any words. He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to mo. and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the waj out, wuon nesuuuouiy turuea ua alt back again. 'Those little Jellybys. Could n't you didn't you now, if it had rained sugar plums, orthree-cornered raspberry tarts, or anything of tint sort ! ' said Mr. Jainilyce. ' O cousin! ' Ada hastily began. ' Good, my pretty pet. I like loubin. Cousin John, perhaps, is better.' ' Then, cousin John ! ' Ada laughingly began again 'Ha, ha! Very good, indeed ! said Air. Jariuiyce with great enjoyment. 'Sounds uncommonly natural lea, my dear 7 ' It did better than that. It rained, Esther.1 ' Ay 7 ' aaid Mr. Jnrndyce ' What did Esther do? Why cousin John.' said Ad-i, clasping her hnnds upon ins arm, and shaking her head at me across inm for I wanted her to bo quiei: 'Esther was their friend directly, Esther nursed them, coaxed them lo sleep, washed uih! dressed them, told ihem stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes' My dear girl ! I had only gone out with Peepy, alter he was found, mid given him a little, tiny horse! ' and, cou'in John, she sottened poor Uarohuo, tho eldest one, so much, uud was so thoughtlul lor me and so amiahioj No, no, won't be contradicted, Eslher dear! You know, you know, it's true ! The warm-hearted darling lemied across her cousin John, nnd kissed me; and then, looking up in his face. boldly said, ' At ad events, cousin John,! will thank you for the companion you have given me.' I felt as if she challenged him to run away. Hut he did n't. Where did you say ihe wind wus Kick f Ubked Mr. Jarndyce In the North, as wo come down, sir. You are r it? lit. There's no E intin it. A mistake of mine. Come, girls, come and seo your home ! ' It was one of those delightfully irregular houses where you go up and down stepnout of one room into another, nnd where you come upon more rooms when you think yon have seen nil there are, and where there is n bounidul provision of little hails and passages, and where you find still older cottage-rooms iu unexpected places, with lattice windows and green growih press ing through them. Mine, which we entered first, wbb of this kind, with an up-nnd-dowu root, that had more corners in it than I ever counted afterwards, and chimney (there was a wood-tire on tho hearth) paved all round with pure white tiles, in every one of which a brieht miniature of the fire was hhiziug. Out of this room, you went down two steps, into a charm ing utile silling room, lootting down upon n iiower-garden, which room was henceforth to belong to Ada nod mo. Out of this vou went up three steps, inio Ada's bed room, which had a tine broud window, com manding a beautiful view (wo saw a great expanse of tnrluiess lying underneath tlio stars.) to which there was h hollow window-flint, in which, with a spring- lock, threo dear Adas might havo' been lost at once. Out of this room, you parsed into a little gallery, with which tho other host rooms (only two) communicated, and so, by a littlo stair case of shallow steps, with a number of corner stairs in it, considering its lem-th. down into tho hnll. But if, instead of going out of Ada's door, you came buck ltiiomv room, and weni out at the door by which you had entered it, and turned up a few crooked Btepa that branched oil iu un unexpected manner from the stairs, you lost yourself iu issnges, with mangles in them, oud three-cornered utiles, and a native Hindoo chair, in which was also a sof'j, a box nnd a bedstead, and looked, iu evety form, something between a burn boo skeleton and u great bird-CHge, and bad been brought from India nobody knew by whom or when. From these, you came on I Richard s room, whiih was Part library, part silling- room, part bed room, and seemed indeed a comfortable compound of many rooms. Out of that, you weid straight, will) a liitle interval of passage, to ihe plain room where Mr. Jnrndyce slept, all tho year round, willi his window open, his bedstead without uny furniture siandiug in the middle of the floor fur more air, I ml his cold-but h gaping for him in u enimler room nd-! joining. Out of that, you cnme into another passage,! where there wero back-stairs, and where you could icar uio horses being ruhbed down, outside the stable, ml being told to Hold up. and Get over, as thev si in- ped about very much on the uneven stones. Or you mi"lit, if you canto out at another door (everv room had at least two doors, ) go straight down tu the hall again by hall-a-doi n hteus nnd a low archway, won- j fling how yon got back there, or mid over got out of it. The furniture, old-fushioned rather than old, like the house, was an pleasantly irregular. Ada's sleeping room wns all ll.uvers in cbiniz and paper, iu velvet, n :ieeuie-wnrn, m me orocnue ot two sun, coiiriiy :hairs, which stood, each attended by a litlle pane of u 1 stool for greater stute, on either side of the fire pluce. Our silling room wns green; anil hud, framed and glazed, upon the walls, numbers of surprising and surprised birds, staring out of pictures at n real trout iu case, ns brown and shining as it it tiad been served with gravy; at thedeaihol Captain Cook; and, at ihe whole process of preparing tea in China, as depicted I by Chinese artists. In rnv room there were oval en- i ravings ot the months ladies haymaking, in short waists, and large hais tied tinder the chin, tor June smooth-legged noblemen, poiiiting, with cocked-hats, to village steeples, lor ( Ictober. Halt length nortraiis, in crayons, abounded nil tbrouch the house: but were so dispersed that I found the brother of a yoiithlul omcer ot mine in tnecluna-closet.ard the gray old age of my pretty young bride, with u flower in her bod-dice, iu the breakfast room. As substitutes, I Intel four angels, of Queen Anne's reif.ii, biking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, vvilh some difficulty ; and n compositon iu needle-work, representing fruit, n Kettle, nnd nn alphabet. All the moveables, from the wnrdrobes to the chairs and tables, hangings, glasses, even to the pin-cushions nnd scent bottles on the dressing tables, displayed the same quaint variety. Thoy greed in nothing hut their perfect neatness, their dis-Jay of the whitest linen, nod their ntoriug-up. where soever the existence of a drawer, largo or small, rendered it possible, of quantities ot rose-leaves and sweet lavender. Such, with its illuminated windows, softened here and thero by shadows of curtains, shining out upon tlw star-light niglu ; with its light, and wannth, and comfort; with its hospitable jingle, at a distance, it preparations tor dinner; with iho iace of its gener ous master bripliteuing everything we saw j and just wind enough without to sound a low aecompaninient to everything we heard ; were our litst impressions of menu iiouiu. I am glad you like it.' naid Mr. Jarndvce. when ho Imd brought ut round again to Ada's sitting-room. It makes no pretensions; but it is a comfortable little place, 1 nope, and will he mora so with such hrudit voung looks iu it. You hnvn barely half nu hour be- oro u inner, i uere s no one uero but the huesl creature upon earth a child,' ' More children, Eslher!' sntd Ada. 1 I don't mean literally n child.' Pursued Mr. Jnrn dyce; 'nor a child in years. He is grown up ho is nt least as old as am tint in simplicity, and fresh-uesa. and enthusiasm, nnd a line guileless iu aptitude ior nn woriuiv minus, ue is a perlccl Child. Wo felt that he must be very interesting. ' lie knows Mrs. Jellyhv ,' said Mr. Jarndvce. 1 He is a musical man; an amateur, but might have been professional. He is an artist, loo; an amateur, but might havo been a professional. He ii a man of at tainments, and nl motivating manners. Ho ins been iinlortuiiate in Ins ntlatrs, and unfortunate iu his pur suits, and unlortuuato in his family; but ho don't care, he 's a child ! ' ' Did you imply tint ho has children of his own, sir l inquired idchard. ' Yes, Rick ! half-a-dozen. More ! Nearer a dozen, I should think. But he hus never looked after them. How could he? He wanted somebody to look after him. He is n child, yon know ! said Mr. Jarndyce. And have the children looked alter themselves at all sir 7 i tu) aired Richard. ' Why, just us you may supposesaid Mr. Jarndyce! his countenance suddenly falling. ' It is said thai" the children ol tho very poor are not brought up, but drag. geu up. niiroiu onitnpoio s children have tumbled up someoow or oioer. me wnui 't getting round again, I am afraid. I feel it rather.' Richard observed that thy nutation was exposed ou 11 " ' ,MH"1- Unexposed, snul Mr. Jarndyce. ' No doubt that'; the cause, lileak House ban an exposed sound. Uut you are coming my way. Come atony 1 ' Our luggage having arrived, and hem? all at hand. 1 was dressed in a few minutes, and engaged in putting my worldly goods away, when a maid (not the one in attendance upon Ada, but another whom I hud not seen) brought a basket into my room, with two bunches ot keys in it, nil labeled. ' Foryoti, miss, if you pb-ase,' said she. ' For mo ! ' said I. ' Tho housekeeping keys, miss ' 1 showed my surprise; for she added, wiih some rime surprise ou her own part: I was told lo bring uietn nn Boon as you was nbme, nuss. Mi Summer- son. II t don't deceive myself f ' ob,' said 1. That is my name.' ' The large bunch is the boitsek epiui, and iho lilth bunch is tho cellari, tuisa. Any time you was pleased oi appoint io-morrow morning, I was to show you the presses aim Unrigs they belong lo.' I said 1 would be ready at half pilot ai; nnd, after she was gone, Blood looking at the basket, quite lost in the magnitude of mv trust. Ada found me thus; and had such n delightful confidence in me when "bowed her the keys, and told her about them, thru il would havo been insensibility and ingratitude not to feel encouraged. 1 knew, to be sunt, that it was the itear girl's kiuduess: but I liked to be so oletisautlv cheated. When we went down stairs wo wero nresnnied to Mr. Skimpole, who wus standing belore the tire, telling Richard bow feud he used to be, in his school time, ol loot-ball, lie was n little, bright creature, with a rather large head ; hut n delicate face, and a sweet vnjen, and I here was a perfect cfiann in Inm. All b. said was so free from effort and spontaneous, and u said wilh such a captivating gayety, that it wns Intel- unung io orar lorn inia, neingot a moro slender nre lluiti Mr. Jiimdyoe, nnd having a richer complexion, wiili browner tinir, he looked vounenr. lode.ul he bad more the iippeamnce. in all respects, of a dam aged young man, than n well-preserved elderly one. There was an ensy negligence in his manner, and oven in bis druns, (his hair carelessly disposed, and bis neck-kerchief loose nnd flowing, as 1 have teen artistt paiut their own portraits,) which I could not separate from the idea of a romantic youth who had undergone some unique process of depreciation, It struck mu aa beiug not a' all like the manner or appearance of a man who had advanced iu life, by the usual road of years, cares and experiences. I gathered from the conversation, that Mr. Skimpole had been educated for the medical piofefsinn. and had once lived, in his professional capacity, in Iho house hold of a German prince. He told us, however, that on ho had always been a mere child in point of weights and measures, and had never known anything about them, (except that they disgusted him ) he had never been aide to prescribe with the requisite accuracy of detail. In fact, ho said, he had Uo heud ior detail. And he told us, wdh great humor, that when bo wos wanted to bleed the prince, or physic nny of his people, ho was generally found lying on his back in bed, rending the newspapers, or malting fancy-sketches in pencil, nnd could n't come. The prince, at fast, objecting to this, 'in which,' said Mr. Skimpole, iu the frankest manner, 'he was perfectly right,' tho engagement terminated ; and Mr. Skimpolo having (w bo added with delightful gayty,) 'nothing lo live upon hut love, fell in love, nnd married, and surrounded himself with rosy cheeks.' His good friend Jarndvce and some other of his good friends then helped him, in quicker or slower succession, to several openings in life; but to no purpose, for ho must confess to two of the oldest infirmities in the world: oue was. that he had no idea of time; the oilier, that he had no idea of money. In consequence of which, he never kept an appointment, never could transact any business, and never knew the value of anything! Well! So he had got on iu life, and hero he was! He wus very fond of rending Ihe papers, vory fond of making fancy-sketches with a pencil, very fond of nature, very fetid of art. All be linked of society was. to let him live. Thai was n't much. his wania were lew. Give him the palters, conversa tion, music, mutton, collee, landscape, fruit iu the season, a few sheets of RrisMe-board, and a little claret, and ho asked no more. Ho was a mere child in Ihe world, but he did n't cry for the moon. Ho said to iho world, 'Go your so vend ways in peace! Wear red coats, blue coats, lawn-sleeves, put pens behind your ears, wear aprons; go niter glory, holiness, commerce, iraile. nny object you prefer; only let Harold Skimpole live.' All this, and a great deal more, he told us. not onlv with the utmost brilliancy and enjoyment, but with a certain vivaciouscandor speaking of himself as if he were not at all his own affair, as if Skimpole were a third person, as if he knew that Skimpole hud bis singularities, but still hml his claim too, which were the general busines of tho community and must not be slighted. He was quite enchanting. If I felt at all coiimseu at mat early lime, in endeavoring to reconcile anything he said wiih nuvthim? 1 hnd thought nbont the duties nnd accountabilities of life (which 1 am far from sure of ), I was confused by not exactly understanding ny ne was iree ni litem. I bat he was free of Ihem, 1 scarcely doubted ; he was bo verv clear about it himself. ' I covet nothinc.' said Mr. Skinmolo. in iheMti.it light way. ' Possession is nothing lo me. Here is my friend Jarndyce's excellent house. I feel obliged to him for possessing it. I can sketch it. and alter it. I can set it to music. When I am here, I have sufficient possession of it, nnd have neither trouble, cost, nor responsibility. My steward's name, in short, is Jarndyco, and hu can't cheat me. Wo have been mentioning Airs, Jellyby. Theroisahright-eyedwomsn of a strong will and immense power of business-detail, who throws herself into objects wiih surprising nnlor! I don't regret that I havo not a Itrons will and nn immense now. or of business-detail, to throw myself into objects wilh surprising ardor. I can admire her wiihout envy. I an sympathise with ihe objects. I can dream of them, can lie down on the e rims in linn wihiIimn. m.l float along an African river, embracing all iho natives I meet, as sensible of the deep silence, and sketching llie dense overhanging tropical growth an accurately, as if I were there, f don't know that it 's of any direct userny doing so, but it's all I can do, and I doitthor-ouchly. Then, for heaven's sake, having Harold Skimpole, aconliding child, peliiioning you, the world, an agylomeratioii of practical people of business habits, let him live and admire Ihe human family, do it somehow or other, like good souls, and sutler him lo ride his rocking horse ! ' i was pinin enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not been aUolfid ,,f the ndiiin.ti.m Mr kH...,,,.!..'- ... I position there would havo n iiderud it so, without ihe addil on of what he presently said. ' It 's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy,' said Mr. Skimpole, addessing us, his m w friends, in an impersonal manner. ' I envy you your power of do-ing what you do. It is what I should revel in myself. I n t feel any vulgar izmiitmle to vou. 1 mIn...si o.I as if you ought to bo grateful lo me, for giving ynutho opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. I know you like It. For anything I enn tell, I may have come into ihe world expressly for the purpose of increasing your etnvk uf happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor lo you, by someiimcs giving you an opportuuityof assisting me in my little perplex ities. Why should I regret mv imvnmritv f.,r l. mil. and worldly otlairt. when it lendstosuch pleasant con- quonces 1 1 do n't rtcret it therefore.' Of all his playful tpi-ahen ( nlnvlol. vet.nl wnv. fullv mi'MiiM! wlist they eipr.wd) ,evmH , M mr0 tu Uie la.ie nf Mr. Jarulyc il,ar, iLU. I had often new temptation, utterwiirds. to tiiflfr wlu-tir ii ... . ally singular, or only singulnr n, nie, that he, who wot proimoiy me most graienn ot Mankind upon the least occasion, should so desire to eni.e the gratitude of others. We wero all enchanted. T felt it merited fi-llmi u tlio nigajiiii; iimlitic. of Ada ano Itidiarcl, tint .Mr. 8kimpn, .ruing Idem tor the tint! tfu.., alinuld he mi iinrcSRrved, nnd should Jay hiiim.'ir oiuin ho ,n pxrjui-hitoly Bgr ihlo. TI1.7 (mid especially 1'chard) wero naturally pleased tor iiinlnr reason., aid considered it no cuinmtiu privilege to ho so freely cindled in by such nn attractive inun. The inure wa li.Wnrd, tlio more pally Mr. Bkinipolo talked. And what witii his tine hilarious maiiiier.aud hiseneaping enm!or,md his denial way of liphily touinv. his own weakness ij,ui, as if he had said, ' i am a child yuu know ! Yau ate uesignmp people compared witn met' (lie really rutej,. mo consider myself iu tin, same light;) ' hut i am gftr and innocent! forgot your worldly arts and piny witii me ! 'the ell'ect was absolutely dnrzling. nu wns so mi i oi leeimg loo, ami had such a deli-late sentiment for what was beautiful or tender, that ho could havo won n heart hy that alone. Ill the evening when was preparing to make tea, and Ada wa. touching the piano in the adjoining room, and aoftly humming a tune to her cousin Itichard, wliicti ihey had happened to mentior. ho came nml sat down on the sofa near me, and so ipoko nf Ada that 1 almost loved him. Sho ia liko the morning,' he aniil. With tliat gold-'n hair, those blue eye., and thai fresh bloom on her heek, she ia liko tliu summer mominu. Tho bin!. hero will mistake her for it. We will not cull such a lovely young creature us that, who is a joy to all mankind, nn orphan. Nile is the child of the universe.' Mr. Jarndyco, I loiind, waa standing near us. with his hands behind him, and an attentive .mile upon hi. face. ' The universe. ho observed. mukea rather an in. different parent, I am afraid.1 '(! 1 don't know!' cried Mr. Rkimpolo buoyantly. ' 1 think I do know,' said Mr. Jarudyce. ' Well ! ' cried Mr. Skimpole, ' yon know Ilia world, (which iu your aunse i. the univorso,) and 1 know nothing of il, so vou ahull havo your way. Hut if I had mine,' glancing at tho cousin., there should be no brnuihles of sordid realities in .itch path ns that. It should bo strewn with ro.es; it ahould lie through bowers, where there was no .pring, nuliimn r winter, but perpetual summer. Age or rhaiigo should never wither it. The base word money should never he br, allied near it! ' Mr. .Iiirndyre putted him nn the henil wilh a smile, a. if be hnd been really a child j nnd passing n step or two on, nt.il slopping a moment, glanced nt Iho young cousins. His look waa Ihoughllul, hut hail a benignant expression In il which I olien (how often!) saw again : which hiiB lung been ongravou on my heart. The room in which ihey wero, communicatiim wilh that in which ho aloud, was only lighted by Ihe tiro. Ada sal nt tho piano i Iticlmrd stood beside her, bending down. Upon tlio wall, their shadow a blended together, stir n .led tiy strange forms, not without a ghostly mo- lion caught from llie unsteady tire, though rrlleclnl from molionlesa nbj.cls. Alia touched tho nolea an softly, and aang so low, that the wind, aighiug away lo Iho distant hills, win as audible ns the music. The mystery of tho luioro, and Ihe litlle- clue nlh.nlcd lo il. by the voice of Iho present, .eeuicd . x pressed in the whole picture. Hut it is not to recall Ibis Taney, well as I rememher It. Unit I recall the scolio. r id, 1 , i,t ,ni0 . conscious ol tho c, mini. I, h, r,.,p,.ci f meaning ami inlelillon, between tlio silent look directed that wav und the How of words that hnd preceded it. Secondly, though Mr. .larndyce'. glance, as be withdrew it. rested but n momentoii me, 1 Ml a. if, in llmi moment, he confided to m, nnd knew that be ronlided lo me, nnd licit I received llie ronlidcnee hia hop . that Ailn and Itichunl might one day enter on n dearer relation. "'!' l.arran rito lllt. Wkiisti K Mr. Web.t, r lias written a Idler to the Uity Council. i, llo.mn. acred. ioi; io .onr oiininuious re. pest t nildro. the rilirma mhineiiil Hull. r,.griu ,h Invitation-ruining '"' "d finnliar fnoiida ns a biih cuinnliment' und adds: " Perhaps il ia onnoressnry fr me tn aav, gentlemen bill it is a point up,,,, which I deem that no inlsaiu.ro. henil. 11 should exist, that neither the source nl the kind invitation 11m. presented to me, nor the state of things now eii.ling hi iho c try, will allow me tn enter upon iho discussion of any poliiiral nueslion or snhje.-t whatever. Tho pleasure all.inlcd In me by the occiKum will be that of being once more in the universally acknowledged "Onullo of America i" to behold nesin these io. .ce. f immortal revolutionary patriots which adorn the wall. Kaneuil Unit, and lo see the lin es ot prospermia, happy and patriotic fellow. eitil ; and lll.'ir gralili.-nli.iii. if ihey shall oxperl. cnee any, will he to know that I am aniong Ihem witn uiinl.nted frieniid.io and attachment, that 1 regard llie placn ol their hint) and resideuce with ui warm a heart ns beats in any of their own boannis, ami that t regard myself as numbered among them for good or lor evil, so long as nnyihing good or evil may happen to me from liuuian asauciutiuui," M-sasaa0MMMasBaM'B4.,MH(rs